| Tersonia | |
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| Fruit of Tersonia cyathiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Gyrostemonaceae |
| Genus: | Tersonia Moq. [1] |
Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae. [2]
It is endemic to Western Australia. [1] [3]
The genus name of Tersonia is in honour of Joséphine Louise Moquin-Tandon, born de Terson (1819–1890), wife of the French botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon (Moq), the author of this genus. [5] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849. [3]
Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon was a French naturalist and doctor.
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