Grandidiera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Achariaceae |
Genus: | Grandidiera Jaub. |
Species: | G. boivinii
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Binomial name | |
Grandidiera boivinii |
Grandidiera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae.[1] The only species is Grandidiera boivinii Jaub.[2]
Its native range is in south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.[2]
Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921), a French naturalist and explorer.[3] The Latin specific epithet of boivinii refers to French explorer and plant collector Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852).[4] It was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.13 on page 467 in 1866.[2]