Rousseauxia
# Rousseauxia

Rousseauxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

It is native to Madagascar.

The genus name of Rousseauxia is in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838), a French botanist and pteridologist. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 152 in 1828.

## Known species

According to Kew:

* Rousseauxia andringitrensis (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia aurata (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia chrysophylla DC.
* Rousseauxia cistoides Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia dionychoides (Cogn.) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia glauca Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia gracilis Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia humbertii (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia madagascariensis (Cogn.) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia mandrarensis (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia marojejensis Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia minimifolia (Jum. & H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
* Rousseauxia tamatavensis (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.
