| Noronhia | |
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| Noronhia emarginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
- ^ Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 8.
- ^ Noronhia Stadman ex Thouars. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: Noronhia
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Noronhia