Preussiella

Preussiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]

Preussiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Preussiella
Gilg

Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa, in the countries of Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast and Liberia.[1]

The genus name of Preussiella is in honour of Paul Rudolf Preuss (1861–1926), a German botanist and researcher. He founded and directed a botanical garden in Kamerun (now called Cameroon).[2] It was first described and published in Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vol.1 on page 267 in 1897.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Preussiella gabonensis Jacq.-Fél.
  • Preussiella kamerunensis Gilg

References
  1. "Preussiella Gilg | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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