Rhodolaena leroyana

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Rhodolaena leroyana
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Sarcolaenaceae
Genus:	Rhodolaena
Species:	R. leroyana
Binomial name
*Rhodolaena leroyana* G.E.Schatz, Lowry & A.-E.Wolf^[2]

Rhodolaena leroyana is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet is for the botanist Jean-François Leroy.^[3]

Description

Rhodolaena leroyana grows as a shrub or small tree up to 8 m (30 ft) tall.^[3] The twigs are hairless.^[4] Its subcoriaceous leaves are elliptic to obovate in shape and measure up to 12 cm (5 in) long. The solitary inflorescences have one or two flowers on a peduncle measuring up to 8 centimetres (3 in) long.^[3] Individual flowers are large with five sepals and five purple-pink petals, measuring up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long. The fruits are large and woody, with a fleshy involucre.^[4]

Distribution and habitat

Rhodolaena leroyana is known only from the region of Atsinanana where it is confined to Betampona Reserve.^[2] Its habitat is humid evergreen forest from 300 metres (1,000 ft) to 550 m (1,800 ft) altitude.^[4] The conservation status of the species is vulnerable.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Manjato, N. (2019). "Rhodolaena leroyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T70102812A70105298. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Rhodolaena leroyana". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 October 2016 – via Tropicos.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c Schatz, George E.; Lowry II, Porter P.; Wolf, Anne-Elizabeth (2000). "Endemic families of Madagascar. VI. A synoptic revision of Rhodolaena (Sarcolaenaceae)" (PDF). Adansonia. 3. 22 (2). Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: 247–248. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Birkinshaw, Chris; Andrianjafy, Mamisoa; Edmond, Roger; Hong-Wa, Cynthia; Rajeriarison, Charlotte; Schatz, George (July 2004). "Red Lists for Malagasy Plants. V: Rhodolaena (Sarcolaenaceae)" (PDF). Missouri Botanical Garden. p. 15. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

Taxon identifiers
Rhodolaena leroyana	Wikidata: Q15607606 APDB: 204434 BOLD: 1100033 CoL: 4SHB2 GBIF: 3783188 IPNI: 1018273-1 IUCN: 70102812 NCBI: 1915028 Open Tree of Life: 6119151 Plant List: kew-274561 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1018273-1 Tropicos: 50177044 WFO: wfo-0000627539

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