Decarya

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Didiereaceae
Genus: Decarya
Species: D. madagascariensis
Name

Decarya Choux, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 188: 1620 (1929).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Decaryia Choux, Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci. 17: 39 (1934), orth. var.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional:Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar

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

Choux, P., 1929. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 188: 1620.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Decarya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 07. Reference page. 
Hassler, M. 2020. Decarya. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 07. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Decarya. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Decarya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 07. Reference page. 
Tropicos.org 2020. Decarya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Decarya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Decarya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Didiereaceae.[1] It has one species Decarya madagascariensis Choux

Its native range is Madagascar,[1] and it was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci. Vol.17 page 62 in 1934.[2]

It was named after Raymond Decary (1891–1973), French botanist, ethnologist and colonial administrator who conducted research in Madagascar and collected for the National Museum of Natural History, France.[3]
References

"Decarya Choux | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
"Decarya madagascariensis Choux | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
Bayton, Ross (2020). The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20017-0.