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

Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa, in the countries of Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast and Liberia.

Preussiella

The genus name of Preussiella is in honour of Paul Rudolf Preuss (1861–1926), a German botanist and researcher. He founded and directed a botanical garden in Kamerun (now called Cameroon). It was first described and published in Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vol.1 on page 267 in 1897.

Preussiella

Known species, according to Kew: Preussiella gabonensis Preussiella kamerunensis

Preussiella

References

Melastomataceae

Melastomataceae genera

Plants described in 1897

Flora of Cameroon

Flora of Gabon

Flora of Ghana

Flora of Guinea

Flora of Ivory Coast

Flora of Liberia

Flora of the Gulf of Guinea islands