Labourdonnaisia

Labourdonnaisia
Labourdonnaisia glauca at Vallée de Ferney, Mauritius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Labourdonnaisia
Bojer
Synonyms[1]

Labourdonneia Bojer

Labourdonnaisia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae found in tropical Asia, described as a genus in 1841.[2][3]

Labourdonnaisia is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion).[1][4]

The genus is named for Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699 – 1753), French governor of Mauritius 1735-1740.[5]

The Labourdonnaisia tree species can also sometimes be confused with the Mascarene trees of the Sideroxylon genus. However the Labourdonnaisia species have parallel venation on their leaves, while the Sideroxylon species have densely netted leaf-venation and strong midribs under their leaves.

species[1]
  1. Labourdonnaisia calophylloides Bojer ("Bois de Natte a Petites Feuilles") - Mauritius, Réunion
  2. Labourdonnaisia glauca Bojer ("Bois de Natte a Grandes Feuilles") - Mauritius
  3. Labourdonnaisia lecomtei Aubrév. - Madagascar
  4. Labourdonnaisia madagascariensis Pierre ex Baill. - Madagascar
  5. Labourdonnaisia revoluta Bojer - Mauritius
  6. Labourdonnaisia richardiana Pierre ex Aubrév. - Madagascar
  7. Labourdonnaisia thouarsii Pierre ex Dubard - Madagascar
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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Bojer, Wenceslas. 1841. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 9: 295-300 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Labourdonnaisia Bojer
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ↑ Bojer, Wenceslas. 1837. Hortus Mauritianus :ou enumeration des plantes, exotiques et indigenes, qui croissent a l'Ile Maurice, disposees d'apres la methode naturelle 199


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