Perriera | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Simaroubaceae |
Genus: |
Perriera Courchet |
Perriera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae. [1]
It is endemic to Madagascar. [1]
The genus name of Perriera is in honour of Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958), a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.52 on page 284 in 1905. [1]
According to Kew: [1]