''Pierrina'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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

Lecythidaceae The Lecythidaceae comprise a family (biology), family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia. The most important member of the family in wor ...

. It only contains one known species, ''Pierrina zenkeri'' Engl. It is native to Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. The genus name of ''Pierrina'' is in honour of

Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (23 October 1833 – 30 October 1905), also known as J. B. Louis Pierre, was a French botanist known for his Asian studies. Early life Pierre was born in Saint-André, Réunion, and studied in Paris before workin ...

(1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies. The Latin

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

of ''zenkeri'' is derived from botanist Friderich Albert von Zenker (1825-1898). Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.43 on pages 374-376 in 1909.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9059573, from2=Q28499700 Lecythidaceae Ericales genera Plants described in 1909 Flora of Gabon Flora of Equatorial Guinea Flora of Cameroon Taxa named by Adolf Engler