Poilannammia Explained

Poilannammia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1]

It is native to Vietnam.

The genus name of Poilannammia is in honour of Eugène Poilane (1888–1964), a French plant collector at the botanical institute in present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He also worked in the forest service.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, séries 4, Vol.9 on page 263 in 1988.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Poilannammia allomorphioidea
• Poilannammia costata
• Poilannammia incisa
• Poilannammia trimera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poilannammia C.Hansen 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.