Schizolaena

Schizolaena
Sohisika (Schizolaena tampoketsana)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Sarcolaenaceae
Genus: Schizolaena
Thouars[1]

Schizolaena is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Sarcolaenaceae. They are endemic to Madagascar.

Species

Eighteen species were presented by Lowry et al. in 1999.[2] Two additional species, S. raymondii and S. isaloensis, were described by Rabehevitra and Lowry in 2006[3] and 2009[4] respectively. Two additional species, S. charlotteae and S. parvipetala, were described by Lowry et al. in 2014.[5]

References

  1. "Schizolaena". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016 via Tropicos.org.
  2. Lowry II, Porter P.; Schatz, George E.; Leroy, Jean-François; Wolf, Anne-Elizabeth (Jan 1999). "Endemic families of Madagascar. III. A synoptic revision of Schizolaena (Sarcolaenaceae)". Adansonia. 3. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 21 (2): 183–212. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016.
  3. Lowry II, Porter P.; Rabehevitra, David (Jan 2006). "Endemic families of Madagascar. IX. A new littoral forest species of Schizolaena (Sarcolaenaceae)". Adansonia. 3. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 28 (1): 149–153. Retrieved 3 Dec 2016.
  4. Rabehevitra, David; Lowry II, Porter P. (2009). "Endemic Families of Madagascar. XI. A new critically endangered species of Schizolaena (Sarcolaenaceae) from Tapia woodland in south-central Madagascar". Adansonia. 3. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 31 (1): 149–155. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016.
  5. Lowry II, Porter P.; Nusbaumer, Louis; Randrianasolo, Armand; Schatz, George E.; Hong-Wa, Cynthia (Dec 2014). "Endemic Families of Madagascar. XIII. New, restricted range species of Eremolaena Baill. and Schizolaena Thouars (Sarcolaenaceae)". Candollea. Geneva: Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève. 69 (2): 183–193. Retrieved 6 Nov 2016.
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