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Labourdonnaisia
Sign in to saveLabourdonnaisia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, which was described as a genus in 1841. It is native to the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilySapotaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 44
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Collections
- MO
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sapotaceae
- Image
- Bois de Natte a Grandes Feuilles - Labourdonnaisia glauca - Ferney Reserve 3.jpg
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- Labourdonnaisia
- taxon name
- Labourdonnaisia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Labourdonnaisia
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Labourdonnaisia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, which was described as a genus in 1841. It is native to the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.
The genus is named for Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699 – 1753), French governor of Mauritius 1735–1740.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Labourdonnaisia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.