Perrierodendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Sarcolaenaceae
Genus: Perrierodendron
Species: P. boinense – P. capuronii – P. occidentale – P. quartzitorum – P. rodoense
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Perrierodendron in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 8. Reference page.

Name

Perrierodendron Cavaco, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 23: 138 (1951)
Type species: Perrierodendron boinense (H.Perrier) Cavaco, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 23: 138 (1951)

References

Cavaco, A.J.L. (1951) Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sér. 2 23: 138.
Lowry II, P.P., Haevermans, T., Labat, J.-N., Schatz, G.E., Leroy, J.-F., & Wolf, A.-E. (2000) Endemic families of Madagascar. V. A synoptic revision of Eremolaena, Pentachlaena and Perrierodendron (Sarcolenaceae). Adansonia, 3 (22): 11–31.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Perrierodendron in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 3. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Perrierodendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Dec. 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Perrierodendron. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 3 2014.

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

"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.