Diegodendron

Diegodendron
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Bixaceae
Genus:	Diegodendron; Capuron
Species:	D. humbertii
Binomial name
	Diegodendron humbertii; Capuron

Diegodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bixaceae. The only known species is Diegodendron humbertii.^[2]

Its native range is Madagascar.^[2]

The genus and species were circumscribed by René Paul Raymond Capuron in Adansonia, n.s., vol.3 on page 385-386 in 1963.^[2]

The genus name of Diegodendron is in honour of Diego Suárez also known as Diego Soares de Melo, Diego Suarez de Melo and the "Galego", who was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer (plus dendron Greek for tree).^[3]

References

^ Rakotonasolo, F. (2020). "Diegodendron humbertii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T64563544A64566699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T64563544A64566699.en. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Diegodendron Capuron | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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[IUCN-1] Rakotonasolo, F. (2020). "Diegodendron humbertii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T64563544A64566699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T64563544A64566699.en. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[POWO-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Diegodendron Capuron | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[3] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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