''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 (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. 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 botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. He is the nephew of Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, (1825-1916), another botanist, who al ...

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

References

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