title: Perrierodendron
text: # Perrierodendron
  
  Perrierodendron is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Sarcolaenaceae. They are endemic to Madagascar.
  
  The genus name of Perrierodendron is in honour of Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (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 (H. Perrier) Cavaco
  * Perrierodendron capuronii J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
  * Perrierodendron occidentale J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
  * Perrierodendron quartzitorum J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
  * Perrierodendron rodoense J.-F. Leroy, Lowry, Haev., Labat & G.E.Schatz
  