Perrierosedum
Sign in to savePerrierosedum is a genus of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae containing only one species, Perrierosedum madagascariense. It is a critically endangered species endemic to Madagascar.
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Perrierosedum is a genus of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae containing only one species, Perrierosedum madagascariense. It is a critically endangered species endemic to Madagascar.
==Taxonomy and history== Sedum madagascariense was described by French botanist Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1923. S. madagascariense was placed in Sedum section Perrierosedum, named in honour of Perrier de la Bâthie, in 1930 by Alwin Berger. Sedum sect. Perrierosedum would later be elevated to genus by Japanese botanist Hideaki Ohba in 1978, re-designating the species Perrierosedum madagascariense.
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