Letestua
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| Letestua | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Letestua Lecomte |
| Species: | L. durissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Letestua durissima | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.[3][4][5]
The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen.[6]
There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
- ^ Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
- ^ Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
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