Peripentadenia
| Peripentadenia | |
|---|---|
| Peripentadenia mearsii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Peripentadenia L.S.Sm. |
| Type species | |
| Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm. | |
| Species | |
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Peripentadenia is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. Sometimes they have the common name quandong.
Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland.
Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild.