Gereaua
Gereaua is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Gereaua perrieri (Capuron) Buerki & Callm.[2]
| Gereaua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Gereaua Buerki & Callm. |
| Synonyms | |
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Haplocoelum perrieri Capuron | |
Its native range is Madagascar.[1]
The genus name is in honour of Roy Emile Gereau (b. 1947), an American botanist and explorer.[3] The specific Latin epithet of perrieri is in honour of Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958), a French botanist who studied Madagascan plants.
It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.35 on page 178 in 2010.[1]
References
- "Gereaua Buerki & Callm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- "Gereaua perrieri (Capuron) Buerki & Callm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 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.
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