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 | |
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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]
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