''Diegodendron'' is a
monotypic genus
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of
flowering plant
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s belonging to the family
Bixaceae. The only known species is ''Diegodendron humbertii''.
Its native range is Madagascar.
The genus and species were
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
René Paul Raymond Capuron René Paul Raymond Capuron (20 October 1921 – 24 August 1971) was a French botanist. Capuron was responsible for an extensive amount of work on the tree flora of Madagascar. Several tree taxa with the specific epithet of ''capuronii'' honor his ...
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