Biology:Rousseauxia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Rousseauxia DC. |
Rousseauxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
It is native to Madagascar .[1]
The genus name of Rousseauxia is in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838), a French botanist and pteridologist.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 152 in 1828.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Rousseauxia andringitrensis (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia aurata (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia chrysophylla DC.
- Rousseauxia cistoides Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia dionychoides (Cogn.) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia glauca Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia gracilis Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia humbertii (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia madagascariensis (Cogn.) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia mandrarensis (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia marojejensis Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia minimifolia (Jum. & H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
- Rousseauxia tamatavensis (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rousseauxia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26572-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q10364737 entry
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