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Decarya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Didiereaceae.[1] It has one species Decarya madagascariensis Choux

Decarya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Didiereaceae
Genus:	Decarya Choux

Its native range is Madagascar,[1] and it was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci. Vol.17 page 62 in 1934.[2]

It was named after Raymond Decary (1891–1973), French botanist, ethnologist and colonial administrator who conducted research in Madagascar and collected for the National Museum of Natural History, France.[3]

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