Humbertioturraea Explained

Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.^[1]

It is native to Madagascar.

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]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Humbertioturraea baronii
• Humbertioturraea decaryana
• Humbertioturraea grandidieri
• Humbertioturraea labatii
• Humbertioturraea maculata
• Humbertioturraea malifolia
• Humbertioturraea rhamnifolia
• Humbertioturraea seyrigii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Humbertioturraea J.-F.Leroy Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.