Toussaintia
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Toussaintia is a genus of plant
in family Annonaceae
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Annonaceae
Annonaceae
Annonaceae, also called the custard apple familyis a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs or rarely lianas.With about 2300 to 2500 species and more than 130 genera,...
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Toussaintia orientalisToussaintia orientalisToussaintia orientalis is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania. It is also found Kenya, although the only known site in Kenya, which is Mangea may now be destroyed. At Mangea most if not all of the forest has gone because of agricultural expansion...
, Verdc.Bernard VerdcourtBernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years...