Letestudoxa

Letestudoxa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.[1]

Letestudoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Letestudoxa
Pellegr.

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
  1. "Letestudoxa Pellegr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 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.
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