''Grevea'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Montiniaceae
Montiniaceae is a family of flowering plants. It includes two or three genera of shrubs and small trees, native to southwest Africa and tropical East Africa as well as Madagascar. The genera '' Grevea'' and '' Montinia'' are included in most c ...
.
It is native to the countries of
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, south-eastern
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Mozambique and
Madagascar.
The genus name of ''Grevea'' is in honour of Mr. Grevé (d. 1895), French naturalist and rancher on Madagascar, who collected plants and fossils.
It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris vol.1 on page 420 in 1884.
Known species, according to Kew:
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Grevea bosseri
''Grevea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.
It is native to the countries of Liberia, Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.
The genus name of ''Grevea'' is in honour ...
'' – Liberia and Republic of the Congo
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Grevea eggelingii
''Grevea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.
It is native to the countries of Liberia, Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.
The genus name of ''Grevea'' is in honour ...
'' – Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique
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Grevea madagascariensis
''Grevea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.
It is native to the countries of Liberia, Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), ...
'' – Madagascar
References
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Solanales
Solanales genera
Plants described in 1884
Flora of East Tropical Africa
Flora of Madagascar