Preussiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: | Preussiella Gilg |
Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa, in the countries of Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast and Liberia.[1]
The genus name of Preussiella is in honour of Paul Rudolf Preuss (1861–1926), a German botanist and researcher. He founded and directed a botanical garden in Kamerun (now called Cameroon).[2] It was first described and published in Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vol.1 on page 267 in 1897.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
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