Staufferia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Staufferia capuronii Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Staufferia Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot |
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Staufferia is in honour of Hans Ulrich Stauffer (1929–1965), a Swiss botanist who traveled in South Africa, Australia and New Guinea; specialist in Santalaceae.[2] The Latin specific epithet of capuronii is in honor of the French botanist René Capuron.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.95 on pages 394-395 in 2008.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Staufferia Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Capuron, René Paul Raymond | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 18 December 2021.