Biology:Quivisianthe
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Short description: Genus of Meliaceae plants
| Quivisianthe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Quivisianthe Baill.[1] |
| Species: | Q. papinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Quivisianthe papinae Baill.[1]
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Quivisianthe, known as valiandro, is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Quivisianthe papinae, native to Madagascar.[2] Common canopy trees, they are an important food source for ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the dry season.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar 33(3): 251 (1893)
- ↑ "Quivisianthe Baill.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26825-1.
- ↑ Yamashita, Nayuta; Sauther, Michelle L.; Cuozzo, Frank P.; Youssouf Jacky, Ibrahim Antho (2015). "Beyond the Gallery Forest: Contrasting Habitat and Diet in Lemur catta Troops at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve". Folia Primatologica 86 (1–2): 35–43. doi:10.1159/000368896. PMID 26022299.
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