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Ruizia boutoniana, known by its native Creole name boucle d'oreille, is a shrub in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. [1] The species was first described as Trochetia boutoniana by Francis Friedmann in 1981. It was renamed in 2020 when genus Trochetia was subsumed into Ruizia. [1]
Trochetia boutoniana (native name: Boucle d'Oreille (in English: Earring tree) because of its bell-shaped look) is the national flower of Mauritius since 1992. It was named after French botanist Louis Bouton .
Trochetia parviflora (Bojer ex Baker) Dorr - Mauritius (Mount Corps de Garde) Trochetia triflora (DC.) Dorr - Mauritius; Trochetia uniflora (DC.) Dorr - Mauritius; Subgenus Ruizia Ruizia cordata Cav. – Réunion; Subgenus Dombeya Dombeya ferruginea (Cav.) Dorr – Mascarene Islands; Dombeya mauritiana (F.Friedmann) Dorr – Mauritius
The common vacoas sac (Pandanus utilis) of Madagascar has also been introduced and propagated in Mauritius, and it has now naturalised. The national flower of Mauritius is boucle d'oreille (Trochetia boutoniana), which is now restricted to a single mountain. Other Trochetia species are endemic to Mauritius.
ON THE OBVERSE, to fit inside the ring, shall be embossed a Trochetia boutoniana flower in gold and on the ring the words GRAND OFFICER OF THE STAR & KEY. ON THE REVERSE inside the ring, shall be embossed the coat of arms of the Republic of Mauritius and on the ring the words REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS. The clasp shall be of gold.
Trochetia Boutoniana (also known as Boucle d'Oreille) It became the National flower since the 12 March 1992, when Mauritius achieved the status of a Republic . [ 51 ] [ 50 ] The flower is endemic to Mauritius and is only found in one locality in the wild.
In the past Ruizia parviflora was known from the forest at Montagne-Ory.After botanist Philip Burnard Ayres collected the last known specimens in 1863 it was long regarded as lost until 76 individuals were rediscovered in April 2001 by the Mauritian botanists Vincent Florens and Jean-Claude Sevathian, from the Mauritius Herbarium, on a rocky slope of the Corps de Garde six kilometres apart ...
The national flower of Mauritius is Ruizia boutoniana. [1] Nigeria. The national flower of Nigeria is Costus spectabilis which is commonly known as Yellow Trumpet. [2]
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