Foetidia
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| Foetidia mauritiana | |
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| Genus: | Foetidia |
Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788.[1][2] Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae.[3] It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[4]
- Species[4]
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The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as Stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.
References
- ^ Commerson, Philibert, ex Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1788. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2: 457 in French
- ^ Tropicos, Foetidia Comm. ex Lam
- ^ Foetidia (as Foetidiaceae) in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Geographic Names, Uzaramo District
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