''Fendlerella'' is a monotypic
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
shrubs in the
Hydrangeaceae
Hydrangeaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Cornales, with a wide distribution in Asia and North America, and locally in southeastern Europe.
Description
The genera are characterised by leaves in opposite pairs (rarely whorled o ...
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
''Fendlera'' is a genus of shrubs in the Hydrangeaceae
Hydrangeaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Cornales, with a wide distribution in Asia and North America, and locally in southeastern Europe.
Description
The genera are c ...
'', the fendlerbushes).
The species was named for
Augustus Fendler in 1898.
[Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1898, 626 (IK)]
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
Hydrangeaceae
Cornales genera
Monotypic asterid genera
Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Taxa named by Amos Arthur Heller
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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