Letestua

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Letestua
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Letestua
Lecomte
Species:
L. durissima
Binomial name
Letestua durissima
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • PierreodendronA.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not Pierreodendron Engl. 1907 (Simaroubaceae)
  • Pierreodendron durissimumA.Chev.
  • Letestua floribundaLecomte

Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917. [3] [4] [5]

The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen. [6]

There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo. [2]

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References

  1. Hills, R. (2019). "Letestua durissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T61963483A61963486. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61963483A61963486.en . Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
  4. Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
  5. Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
  6. 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. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.