| Hornea mauritiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapindoideae |
| Genus: | Hornea Baker |
| Species: | H. mauritiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hornea mauritiana Baker | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thouinia mauritiana Bojer | |
Hornea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. The only species is Hornea mauritiana.
It is native to Mauritius.
The genus name of Hornea is in honour of John Horne (1835ā1905), a Scottish botanist, and the Latin specific epithet of mauritiana means coming from Mauritius. Both the species and the genus were first described and published in Fl. Mauritius on page 59 in 1877.
References
- ^ "Hornea Baker | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Hornea mauritiana Baker | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, DāL. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hornea mauritiana | |
| Hornea | |