''Normandiodendron'' is a

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genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It only contains one known species, ''Normandiodendron bequaertii'' (De Wild.) J.Léonard It is native to Angola, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon and Zaïre. The genus name of ''Normandiodendron'' is in honour of Didier Normand (1908–2002), research director for tropical forests in

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Depar ...

, France. He was also a specialist on tropical wood. The Latin

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of ''bequaertii'' refers to

Joseph Charles Bequaert Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Care ...

(1886-1982), an American naturalist of Belgian, who taught Entomology at the Harvard Medical School. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. Vol.62 on page 446-449 in 1993.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q6045054, from2=Q15536829 Detarioideae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Plants described in 1993 Flora of Angola Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa