Humbertioturraea
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Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.{{cite web |title=Humbertioturraea J.-F.Leroy {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26757-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}
It is native to Madagascar.
The genus name of Humbertioturraea is in honour of Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), a French botanist born in Paris,{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} and
later portion of the name refers to Turraea a genus of plants in the same family of Meliaceae.
The genus was first described and published by Jean-François Leroy in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. Séries D Vol.269 on page 2322 in 1969.
Known species
- Humbertioturraea baronii {{small|(C.DC.) Cheek}}
- Humbertioturraea decaryana {{small|(Danguy) Cheek}}
- Humbertioturraea grandidieri {{small|(Baill.) Cheek}}
- Humbertioturraea labatii {{small|Lescot & Callm.}}
- Humbertioturraea maculata {{small|(Sm.) Cheek}}
- Humbertioturraea malifolia {{small|(Baker) Cheek}}
- Humbertioturraea rhamnifolia {{small|(Baker) Cheek}}
- Humbertioturraea seyrigii {{small|J.-F.Leroy}}