''Labramia'' is a genus of plants in the family

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described as a genus in 1844.

De Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss people, Swiss botany, botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple ...

initially named the genus ''Delastrea'', which is a

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for an older fungus name by Tulasne, so

changed the name to ''Labramia'' in the appendix to the same book.Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1841. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 672
in LatinTropicos, ''Labramia'' A. DC.
/ref> ''Labramia'' is native to certain islands in the

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and nearby

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Species

Ten species are accepted. # ''

Labramia ambondrombeensis ''Labramia'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. A.DC., De Candolle initially named the genus ''Delastrea'', which is a Homonym (biology), homonym for an older fungus name by Louis René Tulasne, Tulasne, s ...

'' – Madagascar # '' Labramia ankaranaensis'' Aubrév. - Madagascar # '' Labramia boivinii'' (Pierre) Aubrév. - Madagascar # ''

Labramia bojeri ''Labramia'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. A.DC., De Candolle initially named the genus ''Delastrea'', which is a Homonym (biology), homonym for an older fungus name by Louis René Tulasne, Tulasne, s ...

'' 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 -

# '' Labramia platanoides'' Capuron ex Aubrév. - Madagascar # '' Labramia sambiranensis'' Capuron ex Aubrév. - Madagascar

References

Sapotoideae Sapotaceae genera Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Taxa described in 1844 Taxa named by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle {{Sapotaceae-stub