Thouinidium | |
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Thouinidium decandrum in Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: |
Thouinidium Radlk. |
Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. [1]
Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua). [1]
The genus name of Thouinidium is in honour of André Thouin (1747–1824), a French botanist. [2] It was first described and published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München Vol.8 on page 267 in 1878. [1]
As accepted by Kew: [1]