''Poupartia'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in family
Anacardiaceae
The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species. Members of the Anacardiaceae bear fruits that are drupes and in some cases produce ...
. From the islands of
Madagascar
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,
Mauritius
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,
Rodrigues
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, and
Réunion
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, all in the
Indian Ocean
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.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of
François Poupart
François Poupart (1661–1709) French physician, anatomist and entomologist.
He described Poupart's ligament, which had been discovered by Gabriele Falloppio.
In 1789, botanists published ''Poupartia'' a genus of plants from Islands in the India ...
(d. 1708), a French physician,
anatomist
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and
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
.
It was first described and published in
Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789.
Species
, ''Plants of the World online'' has 8 accepted species:
* ''
Poupartia borbonica
''Poupartia borbonica'' is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a tree native to Mauritius and Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of F ...
''
J.F.Gmelin
* ''
Poupartia castanea
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a Frenc ...
''
* ''
Poupartia chapelieri
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a Frenc ...
''
(Guillaumin) H. Perrier
* ''
Poupartia gummifera
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a Frenc ...
''
* ''
Poupartia minor
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a Frenc ...
''
(Bojer) L.Marchand
* ''
Poupartia orientalis
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a Frenc ...
''
Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill.
* ''
Poupartia pubescens
''Poupartia pubescens'' is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
pubescens
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''
Marchand
* ''
Poupartia silvatica
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a Frenc ...
''
Note
''Poupartia afra''
H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from
Madagascar
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, is a synonym of ''
Sclerocarya birrea
''Sclerocarya birrea'' ( , meaning "hard", and , "nut", in reference to the stone inside the fleshy fruit), commonly known as the marula, is a medium-sized deciduous fruit-bearing tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Afric ...
'' subsp. ''afra''
(Sond.) Kokwaro
References
Anacardiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa described in 1789
Flora of the Western Indian Ocean
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