Poupartia

Poupartia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:	Spondiadoideae
Genus:	Poupartia Comm. ex Juss. (1789)
Synonyms
ShakuaBojer

Poupartia is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Poupartia is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French physician, anatomist and entomologist. ^[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789. ^[1]

Species

As of July 2020 ^[update] , Plants of the World online has 8 accepted species: ^{[1] [3]}

• Poupartia borbonica J.F.Gmelin
• Poupartia castanea (Baker) Engl.
• Poupartia chapelieri (Guillaumin) H. Perrier
• Poupartia gummifera Sprague
• Poupartia minor (Bojer) L.Marchand
• Poupartia orientalis Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill.
• Poupartia pubescens Marchand
• Poupartia silvatica H.Perrier

References

1. Poupartia Comm. ex Juss., Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 13 July 2020
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. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. "Poupartia". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 16 April 2014.