Thouinidium
Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Distribution and habitat
The native range of species in the genus is from Mexico to Central America, as well as in the Caribbean in Cuba and Hispaniola.Taxonomy
The genus name of Thouinidium is in honour of André Thouin, a French botanist. The species were originally thought to be a part of Thouinia, a related genus with the same etymology.It was first described and published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München Vol.8 on page 267 in 1878.