Landiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Binomial name
Landiopsis capuronii

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. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  2. ↑ "Landiopsis Capuron ex Bosser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Landiopsis capuronii Bosser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ↑ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Capuron, René Paul Raymond | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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