Poupartia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = PTRS168 0645.png

|taxon = Poupartia

|authority = Comm. ex Juss. (1789)

|synonyms =

  • Shakua {{Au|Bojer}}

}}

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 French physician, anatomist and entomologist.{{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 Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789.

Species

{{As of|2020|July}}, Plants of the World online has 8 accepted species:{{citation

|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1888-1

|publisher=Kew Science Plants of the World Online |title=Poupartia Comm. ex Juss.

|accessdate=13 July 2020}}{{cite web|title=Poupartia|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Poupartia|work=The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1|accessdate=16 April 2014}}

Note

Poupartia afra H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from Madagascar, is a synonym of Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra (Sond.) Kokwaro{{cite web|title=Poupartia caffra|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-1300014|work=The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1|accessdate=16 April 2014}}

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