Molinaea Explained

Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.^[1]

Its native range is the Western Indian Ocean. It is found in Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.

The genus name of Molinaea is in honour of Jean Desmoulins, also called Johannes Molinaeus (1530–1622), French doctor and botanist, student of Jacques Daléchamps and Guillaume Rondelet.^[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 248 in 1789.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Molinaea alternifolia
• Molinaea andronensis
• Molinaea brevipes
• Molinaea laevis
• Molinaea macrantha
• Molinaea retusa
• Molinaea sessilifolia
• Molinaea tolambitou

Notes and References

1. Web site: Molinaea Comm. ex Juss. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 18 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.