Peripentadenia

Peripentadenia is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Sometimes they have the common name quandong.^[4][7]

Peripentadenia
Peripentadenia mearsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus:	Peripentadenia L.S.Sm.[1][2]
Type species
Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm.[1][2]
Species
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Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland.^{[2][3][4][7][8]}

Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild.^[9]

Species

• Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm.^[1] Buff or Grey Quandong – endemic to a restricted area of the Wet Tropics rainforests^[4][5][7]

Synonym and base name: Actephila mearsii C.T.White

Queensland government official "near threatened" species conservation status.^[9]: 73

• Peripentadenia phelpsii B.Hyland & Coode^[5] – endemic to a very restricted part of the rainforests of the Mossman area of the Wet Tropics^[4][8]

Queensland government official "vulnerable" species conservation status.^[9]: 54