''Mocquerysia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s belonging to the family

Salicaceae The Salicaceae is the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') included the willows, poplar, aspen, and cottonwoods. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly ...

. Its native range is western central Tropical Africa. It is found in Cabinda (in Angola),

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and

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., The genus name of ''Mocquerysia'' is in honour of Albert Mocquerys (1860–1926), a French dentist, who was also an

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

, naturalist and explorer. He collected plants and insects in Africa and

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. It was first described and published in J. Bot. (Morot) Vol.7 on page 259 in 1893.

Species

According to Kew: *''

Mocquerysia distans Mocquerysia may refer to: * ''Mocquerysia'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae * ''Mocquerysia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Salicaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Mocquerysia multiflora Mocquerysia may refer to: * ''Mocquerysia'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae * ''Mocquerysia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Salicaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q20088129 Salicaceae Salicaceae genera Plants described in 1893 Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa