Phyllis (plant)

Phyllis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Anthospermeae
Genus:	Phyllis ; L.
Binomial name
	Phyllis nobla; L.
Synonyms
	Nobula Adans.; Bupleuroides Moench;

Phyllis is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae. There are two known species, both native to islands in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean.^[1]

Description[]

Glabrous evergreen sub-shrubs. Stems rounded, smooth. Leaves in whorls of 3, with small linear stipules in between, or with petiole indistinct. Inflorescence of axillary and terminal compound panicle-like dichasia, each many-flowered and bracteates. Calyx absent. Corolla (4-)5 lobed, the lobes spreading to strongly recurved, white to green. Fruit dry, of 2 mericarps, glabrous except on inner faces.^[2]

Phyllis nobla L. - Madeira, Canary Islands
Phyllis viscosa Webb ex Christ - Canary Islands

References[]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. ISBN 0-11-310017-5.

External links[]

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[bunnyparenteau-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. ISBN 0-11-310017-5.

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