Letestuella
Genus of plants
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Letestuella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1] The only species is Letestuella tisserantii G.Taylor[2]
| Letestuella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Podostemaceae |
| Genus: | Letestuella G.Taylor |
| Species: | L. tisserantii |
| Binomial name | |
| Letestuella tisserantii G.Taylor | |
| Synonyms | |
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Letestuella chevalieri G.Taylor | |
Its native range is western Tropical Africa to Namibia. It is also found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger and Togo.[2]
The genus name of Letestuella is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and was later at a botanical garden in Caen.[3] The Latin specific epithet of tisserantii refers to botanist Charles Tisserant, (1886-1962).[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. Vol.1 on page 57 in 1953.[2]