Jacquinia

Jacquinia is a genus of evergreen shrubs and trees in the family Theophrastaceae, native to Central America and the Caribbean.

The genus was established by Linnaeus in 1760 and named by him in honor of Jacquin.

There are about 86 species. [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Jacquinia&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch IPNI].

External source

[http://test.tropicos.org/Name.aspx?nameid=40032830&tab=subtaxa List of species on Tropicos]
[http://132.236.163.181/index.html See also images of Jacquinia on Diversity of Life]

Translation

The word "Jacquinia" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese.