{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = |status = DD |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |name-list-style=amp |title=''Woodburnia penduliflora'' |article-number=e.T180394308A180394310 |year=2021 |access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref> |display_parents = 2 |genus = Woodburnia |parent_authority = Prain |species = penduliflora |authority = Prain }}

'''''Woodburnia penduliflora''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and the only representative of the genus '''''Woodburnia'''''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nicolas |first1=Antoine N. |last2=Plunkett |first2=Gregory M. |date=2009-10-01 |title=The demise of subfamily Hydrocotyloideae (Apiaceae) and the re-alignment of its genera across the entire order Apiales |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790309002322 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=134–151 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.010 |pmid=19549570 |bibcode=2009MolPE..53..134N |issn=1055-7903|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It is endemic to Burma and was first described from the Kachin State in 1903.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=Steven R. |last2=Chen |first2=Zhi-Duan |last3=Lu |first3=An-Ming |last4=Uemura |first4=Kazuhiko |date=January 2009 |title=Eastern Asian endemic seed plant genera and their paleogeographic history throughout the Northern Hemisphere |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00001.x |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |language=en |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=1–42 |doi=10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00001.x|s2cid=84266950 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The genus was named after the former president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and lieutenant governor of Bengal, John Woodburn.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prain |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbFOAQAAMAAJ |title=Noviciae Indicae: Some Additional Species of Indian Plants |date=1905 |publisher=Newman & Company |pages=24–26 |language=en}}</ref> It was described by botanist David Prain as having striking flowers unusually large for the Araliaceae family.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Britain) |first=Royal Microscopical Society (Great |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfMVAAAAYAAJ |title=Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society |date=1903 |publisher=Royal Microscopical Society |language=en}}</ref>

== External links ==

* [https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000810507 ''Woodburnia penduliflora'' on JSTOR]

== References == {{Reflist}}{{Taxonbar|from1=Q8032458|from2=Q18180979}}

Category:Araliaceae Category:Monotypic Apiales genera Category:Endemic flora of Myanmar Category:Taxa named by David Prain

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