Thouinia | |
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Thouinia striata var. portoricensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Subfamily: | Sapindoideae |
Genus: | Thouinia Poit. |
Synonyms | |
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Thouinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. [1]
They are native to Mexico to Central America (within Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and the Caribbean (within Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Turks and Caicos Islands). [1]
The genus is named for André Thouin, a French botanist. [2] [3]
As of 2020 [update] Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 27 species in the genus: [1]
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