Noronhia | |
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Noronhia emarginata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Tribe: | Oleeae |
Subtribe: | Oleinae |
Genus: | Noronhia Stadtman ex Thouars (1806)[1] |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Noronhia is a genus of 40 known species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, all but one native to Madagascar, the remaining species native to the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar.[3] A few have become naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, and Bermuda.[4]
The species are deciduous or evergreen trees.
The genus is named in after the Spanish botanist Francisco Noronha.