Biology:Reissantia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Reissantia N.Hallé |
Reissantia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1]
Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Old World. This includes parts of Africa (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces (in South Africa), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe), and parts of Asia (Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China (south-central and south-east), East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam). [1]
The genus name of Reissantia is in honour of Charles Tisserant (1886–1962), a French clergyman, botanist and plant collector.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., séries 2, Vol.39 on page 466 in 1958.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Reissantia angustipetala (H.Perrier) N.Hallé
- (Roxb.) H.Hara (DC.) Ding Hou
- N.V.Page, Srivastav & R.Rao Reissantia setulosa
- Reissantia grahamii (A.C.Sm.) N.Hallé
- Reissantia buchananii (Wight) Ding Hou
- Reissantia indica Reissantia arborea
- (Loes.) N.Hallé (Willd.) N.Hallé
- Reissantia parviflora Reissantia cassinoides
- (N.E.Br.) N.Hallé Reissantia sessiliflora
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Reissantia N.Hallé | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19648-1.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q9067865 entry
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