Decarya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Didiereaceae |
Genus: | Decarya Choux |
Decarya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Didiereaceae. [1] It has one species Decarya madagascariensisChoux
Its native range is Madagascar, [1] and it was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci. Vol.17 page 62 in 1934. [2]
It was named after Raymond Decary (1891–1973), French botanist, ethnologist and colonial administrator who conducted research in Madagascar and collected for the National Museum of Natural History, France. [3]
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
Ravenala is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants. Classically, the genus was considered to include a single species, Ravenala madagascariensis from Madagascar.
Didiereaceae is a family of flowering plants found in continental Africa and Madagascar. It contains 20 species classified in three subfamilies and six genera. Species of the family are succulent plants, growing in sub-arid to arid habitats. Several are known as ornamental plants in specialist succulent collections. The subfamily Didiereoideae is endemic to the southwest of Madagascar, where the species are characteristic elements of the spiny thickets.
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Coleus madagascariensis, synonym Plectranthus madagascariensis, called thicket coleus, Madagascar coleus and candle plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to South Africa, eSwatini, Mozambique, Mauritius and Réunion, but not Madagascar. Its cultivar 'Variegated Mintleaf' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Humbertia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It only contains one species, Humbertia madagascariensisLam. It is native to Madagascar. It is known in French as bois de fer; it is endemic to southeastern Madagascar where it occurs in humid evergreen forests at altitudes up to about 600 m (2,000 ft).
Grevea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.
Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Perriera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.
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Pilgerina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae. It only contains one known species, Pilgerina madagascariensis.
Macphersonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Koehneria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae. The only species is Koehneria madagascariensis(Baker) S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas
Baroniella linearis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Pierre Choux, the botanist who first formally described the species using the synonym Baseonema lineare, named it after its narrow leaves.
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