Nematostylis

Nematostylis
Nematostylis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Eudicots
clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Alberteae
Genus: Nematostylis
Hook.f.
Species: N. anthophylla
Binomial name
Nematostylis anthophylla
(A.Rich. ex DC.) Baill.
Synonyms

Nematostylis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains only one species, i.e. Nematostylis anthophylla, which is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was descripted by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873 and only held the species Nematostylis loranthoides. This species was made synonym with Nematostylis anthophylla, which then became the type species.

References

  1. ^ "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/. Retrieved November 2011. 

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