Tisonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Subfamily: | Salicoideae |
Tribe: | Saliceae |
Genus: | Tisonia Baill. |
Tisonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae.[1] It is also in the subfamily Salicoideae and tribe Saliceae.[2]
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Tisonia is in honour of Eugène Édouard Augustin Tison (1842–1932), French doctor and professor of botany.[3] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 on page 568 in 1886.[1]