Global InformationLetestua information
| Letestua | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Letestua Lecomte |
| Species: | L. durissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Letestua durissima (A.Chev.) Lecomte
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Letestua is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1917.[3][4][5]
The genus name of Letestua is in honour of Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), who was a French colonial administrator in tropical Africa and later worked at a botanical garden in Caen.[6]
There is only one recognized species, Letestua durissima. It is native to Gabon and West Congo.[2]
- ^ Hills, R. (2019). "Letestua durissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61963483A61963486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61963483A61963486.en. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Tropicos, Letestua Lecomte
- ^ Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 257
- ^ Lecomte, Paul Henri. 1920. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 3-7 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations
- ^ 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.