| Letestudoxa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| 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
References
- "Letestudoxa Pellegr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.