Biology:Landiopsis
| Landiopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Mussaendeae |
| Genus: | Landiopsis Capuron ex Bosser |
| Species: | L. capuronii
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| Binomial name | |
| Landiopsis capuronii Bosser
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Landiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Landiopsis capuronii.[3]
It is native to Madagascar .[3]
Description
Landiopsis capuronii is a shrub which grows 2 to 5 meters high.[1]
Range and habitat
Landiopsis capuronii is native to northern Madagascar. There are eight known subpopulations in Diana and northern Sava regions.[1]
It inhabits dry deciduous forests between 10 and 600 meters elevation.[1]
Conservation and threats
The species is threatened by habitat loss from human activities, including shifting cultivation and logging. There ia a subpopulation in Loky Manambato protected area.[1]
Name
The genus name of Landiopsis is in honour of Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807), a French astronomer, freemason and writer.[4] The Latin specific epithet of capuronii refers to Botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971) who originally described the species.[5] Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia, séries 3, Vol.20 on page 132 in 1998.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Randrianasolo, V. 2020. Landiopsis capuronii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137764007A137902908. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137764007A137902908.en. Accessed on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ "Landiopsis Capuron ex Bosser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002198-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Landiopsis capuronii Bosser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002199-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Capuron, René Paul Raymond | International Plant Names Index". International Plant Names Index. https://www.ipni.org/a/1390-1.
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