Thoreauea Explained

Thoreauea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.^[1]

It is native to southern Mexico.

The genus name of Thoreauea is in honour of Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), an American naturalist, essayist, poet and philosopher.^[2] It was first described and published in Lundellia Vol.5 on page 47 in 2002.^[1]

Known species

According to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew:

• Thoreauea aberrans
• Thoreauea guerrerensis
• Thoreauea paneroi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thoreauea J.K.Williams Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 March 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.