Humbertiodendron
Humbertiodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Trigoniaceae. The only species is Humbertiodendron saboureaui.[1]
| Humbertiodendron | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Trigoniaceae |
| Genus: | Humbertiodendron Leandri |
| Species: | H. saboureaui |
| Binomial name | |
| Humbertiodendron saboureaui | |
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Humbertiodendron is in honour of Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), a French botanist born in Paris,[2] and later portion of the name refers to dendron the Greek word for "tree". The Latin specific epithet of saboureaui refers to conservator and plant collector Pierre Saboureau.[3] Both genus and species were first described and published by Jacques Désiré Leandri in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. Vol.229 on page 848 in 1949.[1]
References
- "Humbertiodendron Leandri | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 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.
- JSTOR Global Plants
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