Lamanonia is a genus of trees in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to South America.Bradford, J.C., Hopkins, H.CF., Barnes, R.W . (2004). Cunoniaceae. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI, Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales. Springer, Heidelberg. p 91-111.
It is found in north eastern Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
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The genus name of Lamanonia is in honour of Robert de Lamanon (1752–1787), a French botanist, physicist, geologist and meteorologist. It was first described and published in Fl. Flumin. on page 228 in 1829.
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