Letestudoxa
Genus of plants
| Letestudoxa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Letestudoxa Pellegr. |
Letestudoxa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.[1]
Its native range is western Central Tropical Africa. It is found in Cabinda (region in Angola), Cameroon, Congo and Gabon.[1]
The genus name of Letestudoxa is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and was later at a botanical garden in Caen.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.26 on page 654 in 1920.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Letestudoxa bella Pellegr.
- Letestudoxa glabrifolia Chatrou & Repetur
- Letestudoxa lanuginosa Le Thomas
References
- ^ a b c d "Letestudoxa Pellegr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
