Letestua

Letestua
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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 (A.Chev.) Lecomte
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]

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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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] (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901.