''Thouinidium'' 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

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in tempera ...

. Its native range is from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua). The genus name of ''Thouinidium'' is in honour of

André Thouin André Thouin (10 February 1747 – 24 October 1824) was a French botanist. Thouin studied botany under Bernard de Jussieu, and in 1793 attained the chair of horticulture at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. He was a good ...

(1747–1824), a French botanist. It was first described and published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München Vol.8 on page 267 in 1878.

Known species

As accepted by Kew: *''

Thouinidium cyrilli-nelsonii ''Thouinidium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Ni ...

'' *''

Thouinidium decandrum ''Thouinidium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Ni ...

'' *''

Thouinidium inaequilaterum ''Thouinidium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Ni ...

'' *''

Thouinidium insigne ''Thouinidium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is from Mexico to Central America (within the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Ni ...

'' *'' Thouinidium oblongum'' *'' Thouinidium pinnatum'' *'' Thouinidium pulverulentum''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q928433 Sapindaceae Sapindaceae genera Plants described in 1878 Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America