{{Short description|Genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Bois de Natte a Grandes Feuilles - Labourdonnaisia glauca - Ferney Reserve 3.jpg |image_caption = ''Labourdonnaisia glauca'' at Vallée de Ferney, Mauritius |taxon = Labourdonnaisia |authority = Bojer |type_species = |type_species_authority = |synonyms = *''Faucherea'' {{small|Lecomte}} *''Labourdonneia'' <small>Bojer</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Labourdonnaisia'' Bojer |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36774-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Labourdonnaisia''''' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, which was described as a genus in 1841.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10404670#page/351/mode/1up Bojer, Wenceslas. 1841. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 9: 295-300] descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, line drawings as illustrations</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000634 Tropicos, ''Labourdonnaisia'' Bojer ]</ref> It is native to the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.<ref name=WCSP1>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=106668 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref>
The genus is named for Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699 – 1753), French governor of Mauritius 1735–1740.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6208730#page/205/mode/1up Bojer, Wenceslas. 1837. Hortus Mauritianus :ou enumeration des plantes, exotiques et indigenes, qui croissent a l'Ile Maurice, disposees d'apres la methode naturelle 199]</ref>
The ''Labourdonnaisia'' tree species can also sometimes be confused with the Mascarene trees of the genus ''Sideroxylon''. However the ''Labourdonnaisia'' species have parallel venation on their leaves, while the ''Sideroxylon'' species have densely netted leaf-venation and strong midribs under their leaves.
==species== 18 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> # ''Labourdonnaisia ambrensis'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – central and eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia calophylloides'' <small>Bojer</small> – Mauritius and Réunion # ''Labourdonnaisia glauca'' <small>Bojer</small> – Mauritius # ''Labourdonnaisia glutinosa'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia hexandra'' {{small|Lecomte}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia laciniata'' {{small|(Lecomte) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia lecomtei'' <small>Aubrév.</small> – Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia longepedicellata'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia madagascariensis'' <small>Pierre ex Baill.</small> – Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia manongarivensis'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia parvifolia'' {{small|(Lecomte) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia revoluta'' <small>Bojer</small> – Mauritius # ''Labourdonnaisia richardiana'' <small>Pierre ex Aubrév.</small> – Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia sambiranensis'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – northern and northeastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia tampoloensis'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia thouarsii'' <small>Pierre ex Dubard</small> – Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia thouvenotii'' {{small|(Lecomte) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – central and eastern Madagascar # ''Labourdonnaisia urschii'' {{small|(Aubrév.) L.Gaut. & Randriarisoa}} – eastern Madagascar
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Sapotoideae Category:Sapotaceae genera Category:Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Category:Taxa described in 1841 Category:Taxa named by Wenceslas Bojer
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