Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.[1]
Its native range is the Western Indian Ocean. It is found in Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.[1]
The genus name of Molinaea is in honour of Jean Desmoulins, also called Johannes Molinaeus (1530–1622), French doctor and botanist, student of Jacques Daléchamps and Guillaume Rondelet.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 248 in 1789.[1]
According to Kew:[1]
Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Its native range is the Western Indian Ocean. It is found in Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
The genus name of Molinaea is in honour of Jean Desmoulins, also called Johannes Molinaeus (1530–1622), French doctor and botanist, student of Jacques Daléchamps and Guillaume Rondelet. It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 248 in 1789.
