Letestua | |
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Scientific classification
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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]
Letestua | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
Genus: |
Letestua Lecomte |
Species: | L. durissima
|
Binomial name | |
Letestua durissima | |
Synonyms [2] [3] | |
|
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]