Desbordesia

Desbordesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Irvingiaceae
Genus:	Desbordesia; Pierre & Tiegh 1905, conserved name, not Pierre 1901 nor (Engl.) Tiegh. 1905
Binomial name
	Desbordesia glaucescens; (Engl.) Tiegh.
Synonyms
	Irvingia glaucescens Engl.; Desbordesia insignis Pierre ex Tiegh.; Desbordesia pallida Tiegh.; Desbordesia pierreana Tiegh.; Desbordesia soyauxii Tiegh.; Desbordesia spirei Tiegh.; Irvingella spirei Tiegh.; Irvingia oblonga A.Chev.; Desbordesia oblonga (A.Chev.) Heitz;

Desbordesia is a group of African trees in the family Irvingiaceae, described as a genus in 1905.^[3]^[4] There is only one known species, Desbordesia glaucescens, native to central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo).^[2]

References

^ Tropicos, search for Desbordesia
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis & Tieghem, Philippe Édouard Léon van. 1905. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 9 1: 289
^ Tropicos, Desbordesia Pierre & Tiegh.

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