| Perrierodendron | |
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| Perrierodendron boinense | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Sarcolaenaceae |
| Genus: | Perrierodendron Cavaco1 |
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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:12
- 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
References
- "Perrierodendron". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 Jan 2017 – via Tropicos.org.
- "Perrierodendron Cavaco | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- 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.