Lagrezia
Genus of plants
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Lagrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae.[1]
| Lagrezia | |
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| Lagrezia monosperma | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaranthoideae |
| Genus: | Lagrezia Moq. |
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Its native range is southern Mexico and the western Indian Ocean. It is found in Aldabra, the Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico and the Seychelles.[1]
The genus name of Lagrezia is in honour of Adrien Rose Arnaud Lagrèze-Fossat (1814 or 1818 – 1874), French botanist and lawyer in Moissac.[2] It was first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 252 in 1849.[1]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Lagrezia:[1]
- Lagrezia ambrensis Cavaco
- Lagrezia boivinii (Hook.f.) Schinz
- Lagrezia comorensis Cavaco
- Lagrezia decaryana Cavaco
- Lagrezia humbertii Cavaco
- Lagrezia linearifolia Cavaco
- Lagrezia madagascariensis (Poir.) Moq.
- Lagrezia micrantha (Baker) Schinz
- Lagrezia minutiflora Schinz
- Lagrezia monosperma (Rose) Standl.
- Lagrezia oligomeroides (C.H.Wright) Fosberg
- Lagrezia panicnlata Cavaco
- Lagrezia perrieri Cavaco
- Lagrezia suessengutbii Cavaco