Letestudoxa Explained

Letestudoxa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.^[1]

Its native range is western Central Tropical Africa. It is found in Cabinda (region in Angola), Cameroon, Congo and Gabon.

The genus name of Letestudoxa is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and was later at a botanical garden in Caen.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.26 on page 654 in 1920.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Letestudoxa bella
• Letestudoxa glabrifolia
• Letestudoxa lanuginosa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Letestudoxa Pellegr. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 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.