''Perrierodendron'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family

Sarcolaenaceae The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The family includes 79 species of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera. Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family ...

. They are endemic to

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. The genus name of ''Perrierodendron'' is in honour of

Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (11 August 1873 – 2 October 1958) was a French botany, botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. He is the nephew of Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, (1825-1916), another botanist ...

(1873–1958), a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. It was first described and published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., séries 2, Vol.23 on page 138 in 1951.

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' Perrierodendron boinense'' * ''

Perrierodendron capuronii ''Perrierodendron capuronii'' is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet is for the French botanist René Capuron. Description ''Perrierodendron capuronii'' grows as a tree up to tall. Its chart ...

'' * '' Perrierodendron occidentale'' * '' Perrierodendron quartzitorum'' * '' Perrierodendron rodoense''

References

Sarcolaenaceae Malvales genera Plants described in 1951 Endemic flora of Madagascar {{Sarcolaenaceae-stub