Tisonia
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| Tisonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salicoideae |
| Tribe: | Saliceae |
| Genus: | Tisonia Baill. |
Tisonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae.[1] It is also in the subfamily Salicoideae and tribe Saliceae.[2]
It is native to Madagascar.[1]
The genus name of Tisonia is in honour of Eugène Édouard Augustin Tison (1842–1932), French doctor and professor of botany.[3] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 on page 568 in 1886.[1]