Marquesia
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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Marquesia is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Africa and can be found in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.[1]
It contains the following species:[1]
- Marquesia acuminata (Gilg) R.E.FrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Marquesia excelsa R.E.Fr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Marquesia macroura GilgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The genus name of Marquesia is in honour of L. Marques, who was a Portuguese plant collector hunting in Angola and Mozambique.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Ernst Friedrich Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.40 on page 485 in 1908.[1]
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