Biology:Thouinidium

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Thouinidium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Thouinidium
Radlk.

Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.[1]

Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua).[1]

The genus name of Thouinidium is in honour of André Thouin (1747–1824), a French botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München Vol.8 on page 267 in 1878.[1]

Known species

As accepted by Kew:[1]

  • Thouinidium cyrilli-nelsonii J.Linares
  • Thouinidium decandrum (Bonpl.) Radlk.
  • Thouinidium inaequilaterum Alain
  • Thouinidium insigne (Brandegee) Radlk.
  • Thouinidium oblongum Radlk.
  • Thouinidium pinnatum (Turpin) Radlk.
  • Thouinidium pulverulentum (Griseb.) Radlk.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q928433 entry