Staufferia
Species of flowering plant
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Staufferia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Staufferia capuronii Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot [1]
| Staufferia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Staufferia Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot |
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Staufferia is in honour of Hans Ulrich Stauffer (1929–1965), a Swiss botanist who traveled in South Africa, Australia and New Guinea; specialist in Santalaceae.[2] The Latin specific epithet of capuronii is in honor of the French botanist René Capuron.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.95 on pages 394-395 in 2008.[1]