Pendressia

Pendressia
Illustration of Pendressia wardellii (as Mollinedia wardellii – bottom), with Wilkiea angustifolia (as Mollinedia angustifolia - top)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Pendressia
Whiffin
Species:
P. wardellii
Binomial name
Pendressia wardellii
(F.Muell.) Whiffin
Synonyms
  • Endressia wardellii (F.Muell.) Whiffin
  • Mollinedia wardellii F.Muell.
  • Wilkiea wardellii (F.Muell.) Perkins

Pendressia wardellii is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is the sole species in the genus Pendressia. It is a tall shrub to small tree endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, male flowers and female flowers on separate plants, male flowers with 10 to 15 stamens and female flowers with 8 to 10 carpels, and red drupes.