Foetidia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Foetidioideae
Genus: Foetidia
Species: F. africana – F. asymmetrica – F. capuronii – F. clusioides – F. comorensis – F. cuneata – F. delphinensis – F. dracaenoides – F. macrocarpa – F. mauritiana – F. obliqua – F. parviflora – F. pterocarpa – F. retusa – F. rodriguesiana – F. rubescens – F. sambiranensis – F. vohemarensis
Name

Foetidia Comm. ex Lam., Encycl. 2: 457. (1788)

Type species: Foetidia mauritiana Lam., Encycl. 2: 457. (1788)

References

Commerson, P. (1788) Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2: 457. BHL.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Foetidia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 4. Reference page.
Prance, G.T. (2008) A revision of Foetidia (Lecythidaceae subfamily Foetidioideae), Brittonia 60(4): 336-348. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-008-9045-9 Full text PDF. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Foetidia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 4.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Foetidia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 4 2014.

Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788.[1][2] Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae.[3] It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[4]

Species[4]

Foetidia africana - Uzaramo District[5] in Tanzania
Foetidia asymetrica - Madagascar
Foetidia capuronii - Madagascar
Foetidia clusioides - Madagascar
Foetidia comorensis - Mayotte
Foetidia cuneata - Madagascar
Foetidia delphinensis - Madagascar
Foetidia dracaenoides - Madagascar
Foetidia macrocarpa - Madagascar
Foetidia mauritiana - Mauritius, Réunion
Foetidia obliqua - Pemba I, Madagascar
Foetidia parviflora - Madagascar
Foetidia pterocarpa - Madagascar
Foetidia retusa - Madagascar
Foetidia rodriguesiana - Rodrigues
Foetidia rubescens - Madagascar
Foetidia sambiranensis - Madagascar
Foetidia vohemarensis - Madagascar

The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.

References

Commerson, Philibert, ex Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1788. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2: 457 in French
Tropicos, Foetidia Comm. ex Lam
Foetidia (as Foetidiaceae) in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants. Archived December 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Geographic Names, Uzaramo District