Normandiodendron

Normandiodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Normandiodendron bequaertii (De Wild.) J.Léonard [1]

Normandiodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Normandiodendron
J.Léonard
Species:
N. bequaertii
Binomial name
Normandiodendron bequaertii
(De Wild.) J.Léonard
Synonyms[1]
Synonyms
  • Cynometra bequaertii De Wild.
  • Cynometra claessensii De Wild.
  • Cynometra purpureocaerulea Baker f.
  • Cynometra rubriflora De Wild.
  • Leonardoxa bequaertii (De Wild.) Aubrév.
  • Schotia bequaertii (De Wild.) De Wild.
  • Schotia bergeri De Wild.
  • Schotia kirunduensis De Wild.
  • Schotia rubriflora (De Wild.) De Wild.

It is native to Angola, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon and Zaïre.[1]

The genus name of Normandiodendron is in honour of Didier Normand (1908–2002), research director for tropical forests in Nogent-sur-Marne, France. He was also a specialist on tropical wood.[3] The Latin specific epithet of bequaertii refers to Joseph Charles Bequaert (1886-1982), an American naturalist of Belgian, who taught Entomology at the Harvard Medical School. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. Vol.62 on page 446-449 in 1993.[1]

References
  1. "Normandiodendron bequaertii (De Wild.) J.Léonard". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. "Normandiodendron J.Léonard | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. 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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