Perrierosedum is a genus of succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae that is endemic to Madagascar and contains only the single species Perrierosedum madagascariense.[1][2]
Perrierosedum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Perrierosedum (A.Berger) H.Ohba |
Species: | P. madagascariense |
Binomial name | |
Perrierosedum madagascariense | |
The genus name of Perrierosedum 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 J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. Vol.12 on page 166 in 1978.[4]
Taxon identifiers | |
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Perrierosedum |
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Perrierosedum madagascariense |
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Sedum sect. Perrierosedum |