title: Marquesia
text: # Marquesia
  
  Marquesia is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Africa and can be found in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.
  
  It contains the following species:
  
  * Marquesia acuminata (Gilg) R.E.Fr
  * Marquesia excelsa R.E.Fr.
  * Marquesia macroura Gilg
  
  The genus name of Marquesia is in honour of L. Marques, who was a Portuguese plant collector hunting in Angola and Mozambique.
  
  The genus was circumscribed by Ernst Friedrich Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.40 on page 485 in 1908.
  
  