Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Distribution and habitat

The native range of species in the genus is from Mexico to Central America, as well as in the Caribbean in Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Taxonomy

The genus name of Thouinidium is in honour of André Thouin (1747–1824), a French botanist. The species were originally thought to be a part of Thouinia, a related genus with the same etymology. It was first described and published in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München Vol.8 on page 267 in 1878.

Known species

As accepted by Kew:

  • Thouinidium cyrilli-nelsonii J.Linares
  • Thouinidium decandrum (Bonpl.) Radlk.
  • Thouinidium inaequilaterum Alain
  • Thouinidium insigne (Brandegee) Radlk.
  • Thouinidium oblongum Radlk.
  • Thouinidium pinnatum (Turpin) Radlk.
  • Thouinidium pulverulentum (Griseb.) Radlk.