Tribounia Explained

Tribounia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.^[1]

It is native to Thailand.

Known species, according to Kew:

• Tribounia grandiflora D.J.Middleton
• Tribounia venosa (Barnett) D.J.Middleton

The genus name of Tribounia is in honour of Pramote Triboun (fl. 1990 – 2002), a Thai botanist at the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research.^[2] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.61 on page 1287 in 2012.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tribounia D.J.Middleton Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 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 . 1 January 2021.