Guyonia

Guyonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Guyonia; Naudin
Synonyms
	Afzeliella Gilg

Guyonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1]

Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zaire.^[1]

The genus name of Guyonia is in honour of Jean Guyon (1794–1870), a French military doctor and chief military surgeon in Algeria.^[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.14 on page 149 in 1850.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Guyonia antennina (Sm.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia arenaria (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia ciliata Hook.f.
Guyonia cinerascens (Hutch.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia entii (J.B.Hall) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia glandulosa (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia humilis (A.Chev. & Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia jacquesii (A.Chev.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia pygmaea (A.Chev. & Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia rupicola (Gilg ex Engl.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia seretii (De Wild.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia sylvestris (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone
Guyonia tenella Naudin

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Guyonia Naudin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] "Guyonia Naudin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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