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
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

References edit

  1. ^ "Perrierosedum". Kew Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Perrierosedum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Perrierosedum (A.Berger) H.Ohba | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 November 2021.