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.