Pierreodendron

Pierreodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Simaroubaceae
Genus:	Pierreodendron; Engl.
Synonyms
	Mannia Hook.f. ; Simarubopsis Engl. ;

Pierreodendron is a genus of plants in the family Simaroubaceae.^[1]

Its native range is western tropical Africa and is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo and Zaïre.^[1]

The genus name of Pierreodendron is in honour of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies.^[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.39 on page 575 in 1907.^[1]

Known species[]

According to Kew;^[1]

(Hook.f.) Little
Pierreodendron kerstingii (Engl.) Little

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pierreodendron Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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[POWO-1] "Pierreodendron Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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