Robbrechtia
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Robbrechtia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web |title=Robbrechtia De Block {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326326-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}
It is native to Madagascar.
The genus name of Robbrechtia is in honour of Elmar Robbrecht (b. 1946), a Belgian botanist and mycologist at the national botanic gardens. He is also a specialist in Rubiaceae.{{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 Syst. Bot. Vol.28 on page 146 in 2003.
Known species; according to Kew
- Robbrechtia grandifolia De Block
- Robbrechtia milleri De Block