Letestua Explained

Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen.^[4]

There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005540 Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
2. Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6463143#page/3/mode/1up Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7
4. 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=111601 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families