Grandidiera

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Grandidiera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Grandidiera
Jaub.
Species:
G. boivinii
Binomial name
Grandidiera boivinii

Grandidiera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae. [1] The only species is Grandidiera boiviniiJaub. [2]

Its native range is in south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. [2]

Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921), a French naturalist and explorer. [3] The Latin specific epithet of boivinii refers to French explorer and plant collector Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852). [4] It was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.13 on page 467 in 1866. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Grandidiera Jaub. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Grandidiera boivinii Jaub. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. ↑ "Boivin, Louis Hyacinthe (1808-1852) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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