Faucherea

Faucherea is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1920.[3][2][1]

Faucherea
Faucherea hexandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Tribe: Sapoteae
Genus: Faucherea
Lecomte
Type species
Faucherea hexandra
(Lecomte) Lecomte[1][2]

The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.[4][5]

Species[4]
  1. Faucherea ambrensis
  2. Faucherea glutinosa
  3. Faucherea hexandra
  4. Faucherea laciniata
  5. Faucherea longipedicellata
  6. Faucherea manongarivensis
  7. Faucherea parvifolia
  8. Faucherea sambiranensis
  9. Faucherea tampoloensis
  10. Faucherea thouvenotii
  11. Faucherea urschii

References
  1. lectotype designated by Aubréville, André. 1971. Adansonia: recueil périodique d'observations botanique, n.s. 11(2): 285-288
  2. Tropicos, Faucherea Lecomte
  3. Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 26: 245-251 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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