Biology:Poilannammia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Poilannammia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Poilannammia
C.Hansen

Poilannammia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]

It is native to Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Poilannammia is in honour of Eugène Poilane (1888–1964), a French plant collector at the botanical institute in present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He also worked in the forest service.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, séries 4, Vol.9 on page 263 in 1988.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Poilannammia allomorphioidea C.Hansen
  • Poilannammia costata C.Hansen
  • Poilannammia incisa C.Hansen
  • Poilannammia trimera C.Hansen

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10350755 entry