Landiopsis
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|status = VU
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = 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.
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|genus = Landiopsis
|parent_authority = Capuron ex Bosser
|species = capuronii
|authority = Bosser
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Landiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web |title=Landiopsis Capuron ex Bosser {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002198-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=en}} It only contains one known species, Landiopsis capuronii.{{cite web |title=Landiopsis capuronii Bosser {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002199-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 October 2021 |language=en}}
It is native to Madagascar.
Description
Range and habitat
Landiopsis capuronii is native to northern Madagascar. There are eight known subpopulations in Diana and northern Sava regions.
It inhabits dry deciduous forests between 10 and 600 meters elevation.
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.
Name
The genus name of Landiopsis is in honour of Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807), a French astronomer, freemason and writer.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of capuronii refers to Botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971) who originally described the species.{{cite web |title=Capuron, René Paul Raymond {{!}} International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/a/1390-1 |website=www.ipni.org |publisher=International Plant Names Index |access-date=14 October 2021}}
Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia, séries 3, Vol.20 on page 132 in 1998.
References
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Category:Monotypic Rubiaceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of Madagascar