Perrierodendron

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Perrierodendron
Scientific classification Edit this 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[edit]

The genus includes the following species:[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Perrierodendron". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 Jan 2017 – via Tropicos.org.
  2. ^ a b c "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.