Fendlerella
Fendlerella is a monotypic genus of shrubs in the Hydrangeaceae containing the single species Fendlerella utahensis. This plant is known as Utah fendlerella, yerba desierto, or sometimes as Utah fendlerbush (it having previously been included in the closely related genus Fendlera, the fendlerbushes).
| Fendlerella | |
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| Flowers, Turtlehead Peak, southern Nevada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrangeoideae |
| Tribe: | Philadelpheae |
| Genus: | Fendlerella A.Heller |
| Species: | F. utahensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fendlerella utahensis | |
The species was named for Augustus Fendler in 1898.[1]
References
- Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1898, 626 (IK)
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