Correa is a genus of eleven species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Correa are shrubs to small trees with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, bisexual flowers with four sepals, four petals usually fused for most of their length and eight stamens.
Correa (plant)
Correa baeuerlenii
Correa alba in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese abbot, polymath, philosopher, diplomat, politician and scientist. In some circumstances, he was also known as Abbé Correa. The plant genus Correa, native to Australia, is named in his honour.
Abbé Correa, by Domenico Pellegrini (1759–1840).