''Poilannammia'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Melastomataceae.
It is native to
Vietnam.
The genus name of ''Poilannammia'' is in honour of Eugène Poilane (1888–1964), a French plant collector at the botanical institute in present-day
Ho Chi Minh City
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, Vietnam. He also worked in the forest service.
It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, séries 4, Vol.9 on page 263 in 1988.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Poilannammia allomorphioidea''
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Poilannammia costata''
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Poilannammia incisa''
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Poilannammia trimera''
References
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Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera
Plants described in 1988
Flora of Vietnam