''Indofevillea'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is

Eastern Himalayas ] The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September. It ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, to

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. The genus name of ''Indofevillea'' is in honour of

Louis Feuillée Louis Éconches Feuillée (sometimes spelled Feuillet) (1660, Mane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 18 April 1732) was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist. Biography Feuillée was educated at th ...

(1660–1732), a French member of the

Order of the Minims The Minims, officially known as the Order of Minims (; abbreviated OM), and known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order, are a Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-c ...

, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist. It was first described and published by Debabarta Chatterjee in 1946. Known species, according to Kew; *'' Indofevillea jiroi'' *''

Indofevillea khasiana ''Indofevillea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is Eastern Himalayas, Assam, to Tibet and Myanmar. The genus name of ''Indofevillea'' is in honour of Louis Feuillée (1660–1732), a French ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3764555 Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae genera Plants described in 1946 Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Assam (region) Flora of Tibet Flora of Myanmar