Takhtajania perrieri

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Canellales

Familia: Winteraceae
Subfamilia: Takhtajanioideae
Genus: Takhtajania
Species: Takhtajania perrieri
Name

Takhtajania perrieri (Capuron) M.A.Baranova & J.-F.Leroy, Adansonia sér. 2, 17(3–4): 388 (1978).
Synonyms

Basionym
Bubbia perrieri Capuron, Adansonia, n.s., 3: 374 (1963).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Takhtajania perrieri in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 18-Oct-2008.
Takhtajania perrieri – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Takhtajania perrieri. Published online. Accessed: Jan 10 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Takhtajania perrieri in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Takhtajania perrieri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Takhtajania perrieri. Accessed: 25 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Takhtajania perrieri. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 25. Reference page.

Vernacular names
русский: Тахтаджяния Перье

Takhtajania is a genus of flowering plants of the family Winteraceae, which contains a single species, Takhtajania perrieri. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Takhtajania is found in a small area of the Madagascar subhumid forests. It is a small evergreen tree or shrub, with shiny green lance-shaped leaves and reddish-pink flowers.

The first known specimen of the plant was collected in 1909 on the Manongarivo Massif of central Madagascar at an elevation of 1700 meters. In 1963, the French botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron examined the unidentified plant sample, which he identified as a new species, which he named Bubbia perrieri, after the French botanist Henri Perrier de la Bâthie, classifying it in the Australasian Winteraceae genus Bubbia. In 1978, the botanists Baranova and J. F. Leroy reclassified the plant into its own genus, Takhtajania, after the Russian botanist Armen Takhtajan. It was published in Adansonia, n.s., Vol.17 on page 388.[2] In 1994 Malagasy plant collector Fanja Rasoavimbahoaka collected a specimen in Anjahanaribe-Sud Special Reserve 150 km from the location at which the 1909 specimen was collected, which George E. Schatz identified in May 1997 as Takhtajania. A subsequent expedition discovered a large grove of the species at the spot where the second sample was collected.

Takhtajania lacks water-conducting cells, called vessels, which allow plants to withstand drought, and must have remained in moist conditions for millions of years.
References

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1998. Takhtajania perrieri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. Downloaded on 10 October 2015.
"Takhtajania perrieri (Capuron) Baranova & J.-F.Leroy". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 December 2021.