| Thouinidium | |
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| Thouinidium decandrum in Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Thouinidium Radlk. |
Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Distribution and habitat
The native range of species in the genus is from Mexico to Central America, as well as in the Caribbean in Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Taxonomy
The genus name of Thouinidium is in honour of André Thouin (1747–1824), a French botanist. The species were originally thought to be a part of Thouinia, a related genus with the same etymology. 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 J.Linares
- Thouinidium decandrum (Bonpl.) Radlk.
- Thouinidium inaequilaterum Alain
- Thouinidium insigne (Brandegee) Radlk.
- Thouinidium oblongum Radlk.
- Thouinidium pinnatum (Turpin) Radlk.
- Thouinidium pulverulentum (Griseb.) Radlk.
References
- ^ "Thouinidium Radlk. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Thouinidium | |