Rousseauxia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: |
Rousseauxia DC. |
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]
According to Kew: [1]