Noronhia

Noronhia is a genus of 40 known species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, all but one native to Madagascar, the remaining species native to the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar.University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: Noronhia A few have become naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, and Bermuda.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Noronhia

The species are deciduous or evergreen trees.

The genus is named in after the Spanish botanist Francisco Noronha.

Species

MadagascarMadagascar Catalogue: Noronhia Noronhia alleizettei Dubard Noronhia ambrensis H.Perrier Noronhia boinensis H.Perrier Noronhia boivinii Dubard Noronhia brevituba H.Perrier Noronhia buxifolia H.Perrier Noronhia candicans H.Perrier Noronhia crassinodis H.Perrier Noronhia crassiramosa H.Perrier Noronhia cruciata H.Perrier Noronhia decaryana H.Perrier Noronhia divaricata Scott-Elliot Noronhia ecoronulata H.Perrier Noronhia emarginata (Lam.) Thouars Noronhia gracilipes H.Perrier Noronhia grandifolia H.Perrier Noronhia humbertiana H.Perrier Noronhia introversa H.Perrier Noronhia lanceolata H.Perrier Noronhia leandriana H.Perrier Noronhia linearifolia Boivin ex Dubard Noronhia linocerioides H.Perrier Noronhia longipedicellata H.Perrier Noronhia louvelii H.Perrier Noronhia luteola H.Perrier Noronhia mangorensis H.Perrier Noronhia myrtoides H.Perrier Noronhia oblanceolata H.Perrier Noronhia ovalifolia H.Perrier Noronhia peracuminata H.Perrier Noronhia pervilleana (Knobl.) H.Perrier Noronhia populifolia H.Perrier Noronhia sambiranensis H.Perrier Noronhia seyrigii H.Perrier Noronhia tetrandra H.Perrier Noronhia tubulosa H.Perrier Noronhia verrucosa H.Perrier Noronhia verticillata H.Perrier Noronhia verticilliflora H.Perrier

ComorosLabat, J.-N., Pignal, M., & Pascal, O. (1999). Trois Espèces Nouvelles d'Oleaceae et Note sur la Présence d'Olea capensis dans l'Archipel des Comores. Novon 9 (1): 66-72. Abstract Noronhia cochleata Labat

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