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Grevea
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Grevea madagascariensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Montiniaceae
Genus: Grevea
Baill.

Grevea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae. [1]

It is native to the countries of Liberia, Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. [1]

The genus name of Grevea is in honour of Mr. Grevé (d. 1895), French naturalist and rancher on Madagascar, who collected plants and fossils. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris vol.1 on page 420 in 1884. [1]

Known species, according to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Grevea Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 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.