''Poupartia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in family

Anacardiaceae The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species. Members of the Anacardiaceae bear fruits that are drupes and in some cases produce ...

. From the islands of

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

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

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Taxonomy

The genus name of ''Poupartia'' is in honour of

François Poupart François Poupart (1661–1709) French physician, anatomist and entomologist. He described Poupart's ligament, which had been discovered by Gabriele Falloppio. In 1789, botanists published '' Poupartia'' a genus of plants from Islands in the Ind ...

(d. 1708), a French physician,

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and

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. It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789.

Species

, ''Plants of the World online'' has 8 accepted species: * '' Poupartia borbonica'' J.F.Gmelin * '' Poupartia castanea'' * ''

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 * ''

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 ...

'' * '' Poupartia minor'' (Bojer) L.Marchand * ''

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 ...

'' Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill. * '' Poupartia pubescens'' Marchand * '' Poupartia silvatica''

Note

''Poupartia caffra'' H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from

, is a synonym of ''

Sclerocarya birrea ''Sclerocarya birrea'' ( grc, σκληρός , "hard", and , "nut", in reference to the stone inside the fleshy fruit), commonly known as the marula, is a medium-sized deciduous fruit-bearing tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Sout ...

'' 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 {{Anacardiaceae-stub