''Pierreodendron'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s in the family
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 200 ...
.
Its native range is western tropical Africa and is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo and Zaïre.
The genus name of ''Pierreodendron'' is in honour of
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (23 October 1833 – 30 October 1905), also known as J. B. Louis Pierre, was a French botanist known for his Asian studies.
Early life
Pierre was born in Saint-André, Réunion, and studied in Paris before workin ...
(1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies.
It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.39 on page 575 in 1907.
Known species
According to Kew;
* ''
Pierreodendron africanum''
(Hook.f.) Little
* ''
Pierreodendron kerstingii''
(Engl.) Little
References
Sapindales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Plants described in 1907
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Flora of Angola
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