Humbertioturraea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Genus: |
Humbertioturraea J.-F.Leroy |
Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. [1]
It is native to Madagascar. [1]
The genus name of Humbertioturraea is in honour of Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), a French botanist born in Paris, [2] and later portion of the name refers to Turraea a genus of plants in the same family of Meliaceae. The genus was first described and published by Jean-François Leroy in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. Séries D Vol.269 on page 2322 in 1969. [1]
According to Kew: [1]