Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.[1]

Molinaea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Molinaea
Comm. ex Juss.

Its native range is the Western Indian Ocean. It is found in Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.[1]

The genus name of Molinaea is in honour of Jean Desmoulins, also called Johannes Molinaeus (1530–1622), French doctor and botanist, student of Jacques Daléchamps and Guillaume Rondelet.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 248 in 1789.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Molinaea Comm. ex Juss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.