Labramia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. De Candolle initially named the genus Delastrea,[3] which is a homonym for an older fungus name by Tulasne, so De Candolle changed the name to Labramia in the appendix to the same book.[4][1]
Labramia | |
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Trunk and branch of Labramia costata collected by the botanist Carlos G. Boluda. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
Genus: | Labramia A.DC. |
Type species | |
Labramia bojeri A.DC.[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Labramia is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and nearby Mayotte).[2]
- Species[2]
- Labramia ankaranaensis Aubrév. - Madagascar
- Labramia boivinii (Pierre) Aubrév. - Madagascar
- Labramia bojeri A.DC. - Madagascar
- Labramia capuronii Aubrév. - Madagascar
- Labramia costata (Hartog ex Baill.) Aubrév. - Madagascar
- Labramia louvelii Aubrév. - Madagascar
- Labramia mayottensis Labat, M.Pignal & O.Pascal - Mayotte
- Labramia platanoides Capuron ex Aubrév. - Madagascar
- Labramia sambiranensis Capuron ex Aubrév. - Madagascar
References
edit- ^ a b Tropicos, Labramia A. DC.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1841. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 195-196 in Latin
- ^ Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1841. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 672 in Latin