Quivisianthe

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Genus: Quivisianthe
Species: Q. papinae
Name

Quivisianthe Baill., Hist. pl. Madag., Atlas t. 251. (1892)

Type species: Quivisianthe papinae Baill., Hist. pl. Madag., Atlas t. 251. (1892)
monotypic taxon

Note: Muellner et al. (2008) found this genus to be in Melioideae, but were not able to allocate a tribe.
References

Baillon, H.E. 1892. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar 33(3, Atlas 2): , t. 251.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Quivisianthe in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Quivisianthe. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Quivisianthe. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 31 2021.
Muellner, A.N., Samuel, R., Chase, M.W., Coleman, A. & Stuessy, T.F. 2008. An evaluation of tribes and generic relationships in Melioideae (Meliaceae) based on nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA. Taxon 57(1): 98-108. DOI: 10.2307/25065951 ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Quivisianthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan. 2021.

Quivisianthe, known as valiandro, is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Quivisianthe papinae, native to Madagascar.[2] Common canopy trees, they are an important food source for ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the dry season.[3]
References

A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar 33(3): 251 (1893)
"Quivisianthe Baill". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
Yamashita, Nayuta; Sauther, Michelle L.; Cuozzo, Frank P.; Youssouf Jacky, Ibrahim Antho (2015). "Beyond the Gallery Forest: Contrasting Habitat and Diet in Lemur catta Troops at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve". Folia Primatologica. 86 (1–2): 35–43. doi:10.1159/000368896. PMID 26022299. S2CID 34966794.