''Schizolaena raymondii'' is a tree 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 ...
. It is
endemic to
Madagascar. It is named for the botanist
Raymond Rabevohitra
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...
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Description
''Schizolaena raymondii'' grows as a tree up to tall. Its subcoriaceous leaves are elliptic to obovate in shape and coloured greenish brown above and khaki green below. They measure up to long. The inflorescences are found near branch tips, each bearing up to 12 flowers. Each flower has three sepals
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
and five petals. The roundish fruits measure up to in diameter.[
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Distribution and habitat
''Schizolaena raymondii'' is known only from the northern region of Sava[ where it is restricted to a single locality in the Ambondrobe forest.][ Its habitat is humid forest from sea-level to altitude.][
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Threats
Although abundant in its single location, the species is not in a protected area, leaving it threatened by human pressures.[
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References
raymondii
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Trees of Madagascar
Plants described in 2006
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