| Jedda multicaulis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Thymelaeoideae |
| Genus: | Jedda J.R.Clarkson[2] |
| Species: | J. multicaulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Jedda multicaulis J.R.Clarkson[1]
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Jedda is a monotypic plant genus in the Thymelaeaceae family, its only species being Jedda multicaulis. The species is an upright, evergreen bush indigenous to tropical Australia, discovered in the early 1980s on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, in an area of grassy forest land.[3] The full extent of its distribution is unknown. The name Jedda is a toponym from Jedda Creek, which is close to where the type specimen was collected from.[1]
- ^ a b Jedda multicaulis was originally described and published in Austrobaileya 2(3): 203. 1986. "Name - Jedda multicaulis J.R.Clarkson". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
Type-Protologue: Locality: "Queensland, Cook District: between Jedda Creek and the Kennedy River. 15º37'S, 143º57'E. 18 October 1982"
- ^ The genus Jedda was first described and published in Austrobaileya 2(3): 203. 1986. "Name - Jedda J.R.Clarkson". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ John Clarkson; Principal Botanist; Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service (14 January 2011). "Threatened Plant Conservation in Cape York Forges Ahead". Mareeba, Queensland, Australia: Australian National Botanic Gardens; Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 13 November 2011.