Alberta (plant genus)

Alberta
Alberta magna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
clade:	Angiosperms
clade:	Eudicots
clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Alberteae
Genus:	Alberta E.Mey.
Type species
Alberta magna E.Mey.
Synonyms
Ernestimeyera Kuntze

Alberta is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. Most species have been transferred to the genus Razafimandimbisonia, except for the type species Alberta magna. It is native to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is commonly known as Natal Flame Bush.

Taxonomy

The genus Alberta was shown to be paraphyletic in a phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Alberteae. The type species Alberta magna is set apart from the Malagasy Alberta species that are now included in the genus Razafimandimbisonia.^[1]

References

1. ^ Kainulainen K, Mouly A, Khodabandeh A, Bremer B (2009). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Alberteae (Rubiaceae), with description of a new genus, Razafimandimbisonia". Taxon 58 (3): 757–768. 

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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