Tisonia

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Tisonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Tisonia
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Tisonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae. [1] It is also in the subfamily Salicoideae and tribe Saliceae. [2]

It is native to Madagascar. [1]

The genus name of Tisonia is in honour of Eugène Édouard Augustin Tison (1842–1932), French doctor and professor of botany. [3] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 on page 568 in 1886. [1]

Known species

According to Kew, [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tisonia Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. Chase, Mark W.; Zmarzty, Sue; Lledó, M. Dolores; Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Swensen, Susan M.; Fay, Michael F. (2002). "When in Doubt, Put It in Flacourtiaceae: A Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Plastid rbcL DNA Sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR   4110825.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.