Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.[3][4][5]

Letestua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Letestua
Lecomte
Species:
L. durissima
Binomial name
Letestua durissima
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Pierreodendron A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not Pierreodendron Engl. 1907 (Simaroubaceae)
  • Pierreodendron durissimum A.Chev.
  • Letestua floribunda Lecomte

The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen.[6]

There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hills, R. (2019). "Letestua durissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61963483A61963486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61963483A61963486.en. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
  4. ^ Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
  5. ^ Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.