Rousseauxia
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| Rousseauxia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Rousseauxia DC. |
Rousseauxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Rousseauxia is in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838), a French botanist and pteridologist.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 152 in 1828.[1]