Grandidiera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Achariaceae |
Genus: | Grandidiera Jaub. |
Species: | G. boivinii |
Binomial name | |
Grandidiera boivinii Jaub. | |
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]
Louis Isidore Duperrey was a French naval officer and explorer.
Michel Félix Dunal was a French botanist. He was a professor of botany in Montpellier, France.
Alfred Grandidier was a French naturalist and explorer.
Aimé-Marie-Gaspard, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre was a French general and statesman.
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