Flacourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae.[3] The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 23 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially Flacourtia indica, are cultivated as ornamentals and for their fruits.[4] The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines.[citation needed]

Flacourtia
Flacourtia indica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Salicoideae
Tribe: Saliceae
Genus: Flacourtia
Comm. ex L'Hér.[1]
Type species
Flacourtia ramontchi
L'Hér.[2]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Donzellia Ten. in Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1839: 11 (1839)
  • Stigmarota Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 633 (1790)
  • Thacombauia Seem. in Fl. Vit.: 426 (1873)

Species

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As accepted by Plants of the World Online;[1]

GRIN (United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service) only accepts 5 species; Flacourtia indica, Flacourtia inermis, Flacourtia jangomas, Flacourtia montana and Flacourtia rukam.[3]

 
Flacourtia inermis

Formerly placed here

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Lovi fruit

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  3. ^ a b c "GRIN Species Records of Flacourtia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Everett, Thomas H. (1981). The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. Vol. 4. Courier Corporation. pp. 2376–2377. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
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