Biology:Grandidiera

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Grandidiera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Grandidiera
Jaub.
Species:
G. boivinii
Binomial name
Grandidiera boivinii
Jaub.

Grandidiera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae.[1] The only species is Grandidiera boivinii Jaub.[2]

Its native range is in south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.[2]

Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921), a French naturalist and explorer.[3] The Latin specific epithet of boivinii refers to French explorer and plant collector Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852).[4] It was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.13 on page 467 in 1866.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q8964954 entry