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Landiopsis is a monotypic genus of belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Landiopsis capuronii.
It is native to Madagascar.
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.Lotte Burkhardt (2025). 9783946292265, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. . ISBN 9783946292265 The Latin specific epithet of capuronii refers to Botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971) who originally described the species.
Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia, séries 3, Vol.20 on page 132 in 1998.
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