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Xyloolaena Perrieri
''Xyloolaena'' is a genus within Sarcolaenaceae family. Within Sarcolaenaceae, ''Xyloolaena'' appears to be most closely related to ''Sarcolaena'' and ''Leptolaena''. Species The genus has five species of shrubs and trees, all endemic (ecology), endemic to Madagascar. *''Xyloolaena humbertii'' Cavaco 1950 is a small tree, 6–8 m tall, known from only a single collection found in transitional vegetation between sclerophyllous forest and dry bush (800–900 m elevation). It was collected from the locality where now Andohahela National Park exists (Toliara province). *''Xyloolaena perrieri'' F.Gérard 1919 is a tree c. 4–10 m tall that has been recorded at scattered localities from near Morondava, Ankarafantsika National Park and the Lokia River basin east of Ambilobe within Madagascar's dry bioclimatic region (Antsiranana, Mahajanga and Toliara provinces). Vernacular name – ''Zahana''. *''Xyloolaena richardii'' (Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill.) Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill. (1872 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Ernest Baillon
Henri Ernest Baillon (; 30 November 1827 in Calais – 19 July 1895 in Paris) was a French botanist and physician. Baillon spent his academic career teaching natural history and publishing numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Légion d'honneur in 1867, joined the Royal Society in 1894 and put together the ''Dictionnaire de botanique'' with Auguste Faguet's wood engravings. by Umberto Quattrocchi Select works * ''Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées'' (1858) * ''Monographie des Buxacées et des Stylocérée'' (1859) * ''Recherches organogéniques sur la fleur femelle des Conifères'' (1860) * ''Recherches sur l’organisation, le développement et l’anatomie des Caprifoliacées'' (1864 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |