Biology:Letestudoxa
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Letestudoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Letestudoxa Pellegr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2060-1.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q9021911 entry
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