Biology:Letestua

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Letestua
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Letestua
Lecomte
Species:
L. durissima
Binomial name
Letestua durissima
(A.Chev.) Lecomte
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Pierreodendron A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not Pierreodendron Engl. 1907 (Simaroubaceae)
  • Pierreodendron durissimum A.Chev.
  • Letestua floribunda Lecomte

Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.[3][4][5]

The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen.[6]

There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.[2]

References

  1. Hills, R. (2019). "Letestua durissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T61963483A61963486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61963483A61963486.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61963483/61963486. Retrieved 10 December 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
  4. Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
  5. Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
  6. 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. 

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