''Diegodendron'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Bixaceae
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. The only known species is ''Diegodendron humbertii''.
Its native range is Madagascar.
The genus and species were
circumscribed
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by
René Paul Raymond Capuron in Adansonia, n.s., vol.3 on page 385-386 in 1963.
The genus name of ''Diegodendron'' is in honour of
Diego Suárez also known as ''Diego Soares de Melo'', ''Diego Suarez de Melo'' and the "Galego", who was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer (plus ''dendron'' Latin for tree).
References
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Bixaceae
Monotypic Malvales genera
Flora of Madagascar
Taxa described in 1963
Taxa named by René Paul Raymond Capuron