Lecythidaceae

Foetidia Comm. ex Lam.

First published in Encycl. 2: 457 (1788)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. Tanzania, W. Indian Ocean. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Tanzania

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Prance, G.T. (2008). A revision of Foetidia (Lecythidaceae subfamily Foetidioideae. Brittonia 60: 336-348.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Encyl. 2: 457 (1788)
  • Tabl., t. 419 (1794)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0