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: