Grevea

Genus of plants

Grevea

Grevea madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Solanales
Family:  | Montiniaceae
Genus:  | Grevea
Baill.

Grevea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.[1]

It is native to the countries of Liberia, Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.[1]

The genus name of Grevea is in honour of Mr. Grevé (d. 1895), French naturalist and rancher on Madagascar, who collected plants and fossils.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris vol.1 on page 420 in 1884.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

* Grevea bosseri Letouzey – Liberia and Republic of the Congo
* Grevea eggelingii Milne-Redh. – Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique
* Grevea madagascariensis Baill. – Madagascar

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Grevea Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Grevea|

* Wikidata: Q150909
* Wikispecies: Grevea
* APDB: 191076
* BOLD: 410272
* CoL: 4R3D
* EoL: 5554592
* GBIF: 7100551
* GRIN: 5158
* iNaturalist: 438919
* IPNI: 37049-1
* IRMNG: 1036679
* ITIS: 845095
* NCBI: 164761
* Open Tree of Life: 465927
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37049-1
* Tropicos: 40017399
* WFO: wfo-4000016205