Rousseauxia
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, 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''