''Rousseauxia'' 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

Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh ...

. It is native to

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 ...

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

Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (27 July 1753 – 20 January 1838) was a French botanist and pteridologist. He was a contributor to the "Encyclopedia Botanique" of Lamarck, from 1783 to 1796. Desrousseaux produced many works on new plant spe ...

(1753–1838), a French botanist and

pteridologist #REDIRECTFern 01 Ferns Pteridologist #REDIRECTFern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The ...

. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 152 in 1828.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Rousseauxia andringitrensis'' *'' Rousseauxia aurata'' *'' Rousseauxia chrysophylla'' *'' Rousseauxia cistoides'' *'' Rousseauxia dionychoides'' *''

Rousseauxia glauca ''Rousseauxia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is native to Madagascar. The genus name of ''Rousseauxia'' is in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838), a French botanist and pterido ...

'' *'' Rousseauxia gracilis'' *'' Rousseauxia humbertii'' *'' Rousseauxia madagascariensis'' *'' Rousseauxia mandrarensis'' *'' Rousseauxia marojejensis'' *'' Rousseauxia minimifolia'' *'' Rousseauxia tamatavensis''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10364737 Melastomataceae Melastomataceae genera Plants described in 1828 Endemic flora of Madagascar