| Foetidia | |
|---|---|
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| Foetidia mauritiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Foetidioideae |
| Genus: | Foetidia Comm. ex Lam. |
Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788.12
Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae.3 It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.4
Species
Source:4
- Foetidia africana - Uzaramo District5 in Tanzania
- Foetidia asymetrica - Madagascar
- Foetidia capuronii - Madagascar
- Foetidia clusioides - Madagascar
- Foetidia comorensis - Mayotte
- Foetidia cuneata - Madagascar
- Foetidia delphinensis - Madagascar
- Foetidia dracaenoides - Madagascar
- Foetidia macrocarpa - Madagascar
- Foetidia mauritiana - Mauritius, Réunion
- Foetidia obliqua - Pemba I, Madagascar
- Foetidia parviflora - Madagascar
- Foetidia pterocarpa - Madagascar
- Foetidia retusa - Madagascar
- Foetidia rodriguesiana - Rodrigues
- Foetidia rubescens - Madagascar
- Foetidia sambiranensis - Madagascar
- Foetidia vohemarensis - Madagascar
The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.
References
References
- Commerson, Philibert, ex Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1788. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2: 457 in French
- Tropicos, Foetidia Comm. ex Lam
- Foetidia Archived 2006-02-25 at the Wayback Machine (as Foetidiaceae) in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants. Archived December 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Geographic Names, Uzaramo District