Thouinidium
| Thouinidium | |
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| Thouinidium decandrum in Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Thouinidium Radlk. |
Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.[1]
Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua).[1]
The genus name of Thouinidium is in honour of André Thouin (1747–1824), a French botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München Vol.8 on page 267 in 1878.[1]
Known species
[edit]As accepted by Kew:[1]
- Thouinidium cyrilli-nelsonii J.Linares
- Thouinidium decandrum (Bonpl.) Radlk.
- Thouinidium inaequilaterum Alain
- Thouinidium insigne (Brandegee) Radlk.
- Thouinidium oblongum Radlk.
- Thouinidium pinnatum (Turpin) Radlk.
- Thouinidium pulverulentum (Griseb.) Radlk.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Thouinidium Radlk. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ 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.