''Poupartia'' is a genus of
plant in family
Anacardiaceae. From the islands of
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Rodrigues
Rodrigues (french: Île Rodrigues, link=yes ; Creole: ) is a autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which include Mauritius and Réunion. Rodr ...
and
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
, all in the
Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of
François Poupart (d. 1708), a French physician,
anatomist and
entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
.
It was first described and published in
Gen. Pl.
''Genera Plantarum'' is a publication of Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778). The first edition was issued in Leiden, 1737. The fifth edition served as a complementary volume to ''Species Plantarum'' (1753). Article 13 of the Internati ...
on page 372 in 1789.
Species
, ''Plants of the World online'' has 8 accepted species:
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Poupartia borbonica
''Poupartia borbonica'' is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Mauritius and Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the ...
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J.F.Gmelin
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Poupartia castanea
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French ...
''
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Poupartia chapelieri
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French ...
''
(Guillaumin) H. Perrier
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Poupartia gummifera
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French ...
''
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Poupartia minor
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French ...
''
(Bojer) L.Marchand
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Poupartia orientalis
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French ...
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Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill.
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Poupartia pubescens
''Poupartia pubescens'' is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural ...
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Marchand
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Poupartia silvatica
''Poupartia'' is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French ...
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Note
''Poupartia caffra''
H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from
Madagascar, is a synonym of ''
Sclerocarya birrea'' subsp. ''caffra''
(Sond.) Kokwaro
References
Anacardiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Plants described in 1789
Flora of Madagascar
Flora of Mauritius
Flora of Réunion
Flora of Rodrigues
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