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Rousseauxia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Rousseauxia
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Rousseauxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. [1]

It is native to Madagascar. [1]

The genus name of Rousseauxia is in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838), a French botanist and pteridologist. [2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 152 in 1828. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rousseauxia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID  187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.