Tisonia Explained

Tisonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae.[1] It is also in the subfamily Salicoideae and tribe Saliceae.[2]

It is native to Madagascar.

The genus name of Tisonia is in honour of Eugène Édouard Augustin Tison (1842–1932), French doctor and professor of botany.[3] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.1 on page 568 in 1886.[1]

Known species

According to Kew,

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tisonia Baill. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 March 2021 . en.
  2. Chase . Mark W. . Zmarzty . Sue . Lledó . M. Dolores . Wurdack . Kenneth J. . Swensen . Susan M. . Fay . Michael F. . When in Doubt, Put It in Flacourtiaceae: A Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Plastid rbcL DNA Sequences . Kew Bulletin . 2002 . 57 . 1 . 141–181. 10.2307/4110825 . 4110825 . 2002KewBu..57..141C .
  3. 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.

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