Humbertioturraea

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Humbertioturraea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Humbertioturraea
J.-F.Leroy

Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. [1]

It is native to Madagascar. [1]

The genus name of Humbertioturraea is in honour of Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), a French botanist born in Paris, [2] and later portion of the name refers to Turraea a genus of plants in the same family of Meliaceae. The genus was first described and published by Jean-François Leroy in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. Séries D Vol.269 on page 2322 in 1969. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Humbertioturraea J.-F.Leroy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.