Reissantia

Reissantia
	Reissantia indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Reissantia; N.Hallé

Reissantia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.^[1]

Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Old World. This includes parts of Africa (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces (in South Africa), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe), and parts of Asia (Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China (south-central and south-east), East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam). ^[1]

The genus name of Reissantia is in honour of Charles Tisserant (1886–1962), a French clergyman, botanist and plant collector.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., séries 2, Vol.39 on page 466 in 1958.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Reissantia angustipetala (H.Perrier) N.Hallé
Reissantia arborea (Roxb.) H.Hara
Reissantia buchananii (Loes.) N.Hallé
Reissantia cassinoides (DC.) Ding Hou
Reissantia grahamii (Wight) Ding Hou
Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé
Reissantia parviflora (N.E.Br.) N.Hallé
Reissantia sessiliflora N.V.Page, Srivastav & R.Rao
Reissantia setulosa (A.C.Sm.) N.Hallé

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Reissantia N.Hallé | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] "Reissantia N.Hallé | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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