Perryodendron

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Perryodendron

| parent_authority = T.G.Hartley

| species = parviflorum

| authority = (C.T.White) T.G.Hartley

|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=999102-1 |title=Perryodendron parviflorum (C.T.White) |access-date=12 November 2021}}

|synonyms = Melicope parviflora {{small|C.T.White}}

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Perryodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. The only known species is Perryodendron parviflorum.{{cite web |title=Perryodendron T.G.Hartley {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999101-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}

The species is found in New Guinea.

The genus name of Perryodendron is in honour of Lily May Perry (1895–1992), a Canadian-American botanist who worked at Arnold Arboretum and is most known for detailed compilation of information on medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of parviflorum is a compound, parv- meaning little and '-florum' meaning flower.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

It was first described and published in Adansonia, sér.3, Vol.19 on page 198 in 1997.