Thinouia

Last updated

Thinouia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Genus: Thinouia
Planch. & Triana

Thinouia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. [1] It is also in the Sapindoideae subfamily and Paullinieae tribe.

Its native range is parts of Central America (within Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panamá) and South America (within (northern) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela). [1]

The genus name of Thinouia is in honour of André Thouin (1747–1824), a French botanist. [2] It was first described and published by George Bentham in London J. Bot. Vol.4 on page 633 in 1845. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Paullinia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Paullinia is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae and typical of tribe Paullinieae. It is native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

<i>Vismia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America. Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.

<i>Abuta</i> Genus of flowering plants

Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">André Thouin</span> French botanist

André Thouin was a French botanist.

<i>Quiina</i> Genus of plants

Quiina is a genus of plant in family Ochnaceae. It contains the following species :

<i>Cupania</i> Genus of flowering plants

Cupania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. It includes 58 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico and south Florida through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to northern Argentina.

<i>Luehea</i> Genus of trees

Luehea is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae.

<i>Thouinia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Thouinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. The genus is named for André Thouin, a French botanist. As of 2020 Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 27 species in the genus:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sapindoideae</span> Subfamily of flowering plants

Sapindoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It includes a number of fruit trees, including lychees, longans, rambutans, and quenepas.

<i>Thouinidium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Naudinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. It only contains one known species, Naudinia amabilis Planch. & Linden

<i>Luxemburgia</i> Genus of plants

Luxemburgia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.

<i>Majidea</i> Genus of flowering plant

Majidea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

<i>Matayba</i> Genus of plants

Matayba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae.

Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Neomezia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae. It only contains one known species, Neomezia cubensis(Radlk.) Votsch It is also in the subfamily of Theophrastoideae.

<i>Ruyschia</i> Genus of plants

Ruyschia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Marcgraviaceae.

Roucheria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Thinouia Planch. & Triana | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 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.