Letestuella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1] The only species is Letestuella tisserantii G.Taylor[2]
| Letestuella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Podostemaceae |
| Genus: | Letestuella G.Taylor |
| Species: | L. tisserantii
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| Binomial name | |
| Letestuella tisserantii G.Taylor
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| Synonyms | |
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Letestuella chevalieri G.Taylor | |
Its native range is western Tropical Africa to Namibia. It is also found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger and Togo.[2]
The genus name of Letestuella is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and was later at a botanical garden in Caen.[3] The Latin specific epithet of tisserantii refers to botanist Charles Tisserant, (1886-1962).[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. Vol.1 on page 57 in 1953.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Letestuella G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Letestuella tisserantii G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Tisserant, Charles | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.