# Marquesia

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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
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|taxon = Marquesia
|authority = [Gilg](/source/Ernest_Friedrich_Gilg)
|synonyms = {{species list
|Trillesanthus |Pierre
|Trillesianthus |Pierre ex A.Chev.}}
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'''''Marquesia''''' is a genus of [plant](/source/plant) in family [Dipterocarpaceae](/source/Dipterocarpaceae). It is native to Africa and can be found in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Marquesia'' Gilg {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16415-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=19 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

It contains the following species:<ref name="POWO"/>
* ''[Marquesia acuminata](/source/Marquesia_acuminata)'' {{small|(Gilg) R.E.Fr}}
* ''[Marquesia excelsa](/source/Marquesia_excelsa)'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}}
* ''[Marquesia macroura](/source/Marquesia_macroura)'' {{small|Gilg}}

The genus name of ''Marquesia'' is in honour of L. Marques, who was a Portuguese plant collector hunting in [Angola](/source/Angola) and [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique).<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>

The genus was [circumscribed](/source/circumscription_(taxonomy)) by [Ernst Friedrich Gilg](/source/Ernst_Friedrich_Gilg) in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.40 on page 485 in 1908.<ref name="POWO"/>

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==References==
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Category:Dipterocarpaceae
Category:Dipterocarpaceae genera
Category:Flora of South Tropical Africa
Category:Flora of Equatorial Guinea
Category:Flora of Gabon
Category:Plants described in 1908
Category:Taxa named by Ernest Friedrich Gilg

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