Jaffrea
Jaffrea xerocarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Jaffrea
H.C.Hopkins & Pillon

Jaffrea is a genus of shrubs in the family Rhamnaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species[1] that were first described in Alphitonia. It is related to Emmenosperma.

The genus name of Jaffrea is in honour of Tanguy Jaffré, French botanist working at Institut de recherche pour le développement in Nouméa of New Caledonia in Oceania.[2]

List of species

  • Jaffrea erubescens (Baill.) H.C.Hopkins & Pillon
  • Jaffrea xerocarpa (Baill.) H.C.Hopkins & Pillon

References

  1. ↑ Hopkins, H. C. F.; Pillon, Y.; Stacy, E. A.; Kellermann, J. (2015-10-10). "Jaffrea, a new genus of Rhamnaceae endemic to New Caledonia, with notes on Alphitonia and Emmenosperma". Kew Bulletin. 70 (4): 42. doi:10.1007/s12225-015-9593-6. ISSN 1874-933X.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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