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Perriera

Perriera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Perriera
Courchet

Perriera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.1

It is endemic to Madagascar.1

The genus name of Perriera is in honour of Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958), a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.2 It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.52 on page 284 in 1905.1

Known species

According to Kew:1

  • Perriera madagascariensis Courchet
  • Perriera orientalis Capuron
References

References

  1. "Perriera Courchet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. 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.