Rousseauxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
It is native to Madagascar.
The genus name of Rousseauxia is in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838), a French botanist and pteridologist. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 152 in 1828.
Known species According to Kew: Rousseauxia andringitrensis Rousseauxia aurata Rousseauxia chrysophylla Rousseauxia cistoides Rousseauxia dionychoides Rousseauxia glauca Rousseauxia gracilis Rousseauxia humbertii Rousseauxia madagascariensis Rousseauxia mandrarensis Rousseauxia marojejensis Rousseauxia minimifolia Rousseauxia tamatavensis
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