Grevea

Grevea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.^[1]

Grevea
Grevea madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Montiniaceae
Genus:	Grevea Baill.

It is native to the countries of Liberia, Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.^[1]

The genus name of Grevea is in honour of Mr. Grevé (d. 1895), French naturalist and rancher on Madagascar, who collected plants and fossils.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris vol.1 on page 420 in 1884.^[1]

Known species, according to Kew:^[1]

• Grevea bosseri Letouzey – Liberia and Republic of the Congo
• Grevea eggelingii Milne-Redh. – Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique
• Grevea madagascariensis Baill. – Madagascar

References

1. "Grevea Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
2. 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.