Luxemburgia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|image_caption = Luxemburgia octandra

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|taxon = Luxemburgia

|authority = A.St.-Hil.

|synonyms = {{species list

|Charidion |Bong.

|Epiblepharis |Tiegh.

|Hilairella |Tiegh.

|Periblepharis |Tiegh.

|Plectanthera |Mart. }}

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Luxemburgia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.{{cite web |title=Luxemburgia A.St.-Hil. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30025056-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to Brazil.

The genus name of Luxemburgia is in honour of Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1774–1861), French duke of Piney-Luxembourg and also a botanical patron.{{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 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.9 on page 352 in 1822.

Species

According to Kew:

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