''Tisonia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family Salicaceae. It is also in the subfamily Salicoideae and tribe Saliceae. It is native to

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. The genus name of ''Tisonia'' is in honour of Eugène Édouard Augustin Tison (1842–1932), French doctor and professor of botany. It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 on page 568 in 1886.

Known species

According to Kew,

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10382722 Salicaceae Salicaceae genera Plants described in 1886 Endemic flora of Madagascar