Poupartia Explained

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 physician, anatomist and entomologist.^[1] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789.

Species

, Plants of the World online has 8 accepted species:^[2]

• Poupartia borbonica J.F.Gmelin
• Poupartia castanea
• Poupartia chapelieri (Guillaumin) H. Perrier
• Poupartia gummifera
• Poupartia minor (Bojer) L.Marchand
• Poupartia orientalis Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill.
• Poupartia pubescens Marchand
• Poupartia silvatica

Note

Poupartia afra H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from Madagascar, is a synonym of Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra (Sond.) Kokwaro^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
2. Web site: Poupartia. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. 16 April 2014.
3. Web site: Poupartia caffra. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. 16 April 2014.