Perrierodendron

Perrierodendron
Perrierodendron boinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Sarcolaenaceae
Genus:	Perrierodendron Cavaco [1]
Species
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Perrierodendron is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Sarcolaenaceae. They are endemic to Madagascar. ^[2]

The genus name of Perrierodendron is in honour of Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958), a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. ^[3] It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., séries 2, Vol.23 on page 138 in 1951. ^[2]

Species

The genus includes the following species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Perrierodendron boinense (H. Perrier) Cavaco
• Perrierodendron capuronii J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
• Perrierodendron occidentale J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
• Perrierodendron quartzitorum J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
• Perrierodendron rodoense J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz

References

1. "Perrierodendron". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved 1 Jan 2017– via Tropicos.org.
2. "Perrierodendron Cavaco | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.