Lagrezia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Lagrezia

Species: L. ambrensis – L. boivinii – L. comorensis – L. decaryana – L. humbertii – L. linearifolia – L. madagascariensis – L. micrantha – L. minutiflora – L. oligomeroides – L. paniculata – L. perrieri – L. suessenguthii
Name

Lagrezia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 252. (1849)

Type species: Lagrezia madagascariensis (Poir.) Moq.

Synonyms

Apterantha C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918(6): 202. (1918).
Type: Apterantha oligomeroides C.H.Wright

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Aldabra, Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 252

Additional references

Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Lagrezia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lagrezia. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 15 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lagrezia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lagrezia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jul. 2019.

Lagrezia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is also within the Amaranthoideae subfamily.

Its native range is southern Mexico, Western Indian Ocean. It is found in Aldabra, the Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico and the Seychelles.[1]

The genus name of Lagrezia is in honour of Adrien Rose Arnaud Lagrèze-Fossat (1814 or 1818 – 1874), French botanist and lawyer in Moissac.[2] It was first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 252 in 1849.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Lagrezia ambrensis Cavaco
Lagrezia boivinii (Hook.f.) Schinz
Lagrezia comorensis Cavaco
Lagrezia decaryana Cavaco
Lagrezia humbertii Cavaco
Lagrezia linearifolia Cavaco
Lagrezia madagascariensis (Poir.) Moq.
Lagrezia micrantha (Baker) Schinz
Lagrezia minutiflora Schinz
Lagrezia monosperma (Rose) Standl.
Lagrezia oligomeroides (C.H.Wright) Fosberg
Lagrezia panicnlata Cavaco
Lagrezia perrieri Cavaco
Lagrezia suessengutbii Cavaco

References

"Lagrezia Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.