Capurodendron is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described by André Aubréville in 1962.[1][2]

The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar, and with 33 described species and more than 20 new species still undescribed, it is the largest endemic genus of this island. The major part of its species are endangered or critically endangered of extinction by selective logging and the massive deforestation that Madagascar is suffering.[3][4]

Capurodendron aubrevillei, a species described in 2022.
Selected species[3]
  1. Capurodendron androyense
  2. Capurodendron ankaranense
  3. Capurodendron antongiliense
  4. Capurodendron apollonioides
  5. Capurodendron bakeri
  6. Capurodendron costatum
  7. Capurodendron delphinense
  8. Capurodendron gracilifolium
  9. Capurodendron greveanum
  10. Capurodendron ludiifolium
  11. Capurodendron madagascariense
  12. Capurodendron mandrarense
  13. Capurodendron microphyllum
  14. Capurodendron nodosum
  15. Capurodendron perrieri
  16. Capurodendron pervillei
  17. Capurodendron pseudoterminalia
  18. Capurodendron rubrocostatum
  19. Capurodendron rufescens
  20. Capurodendron sakalavum
  21. Capurodendron suarezense
  22. Capurodendron tampinense
  23. Capurodendron terminalioides

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Capurodendron Aubrév.
  2. ^ Aubréville, André. 1962. Adansonia: recueil périodique d'observations botanique, n.s. 2: 92
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Aubréville, André. 1974. Capurodendron. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores 164: 68-106 in French