Vangueriella
Vangueriella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
Genus: | Vangueriella Verdc. |
Type species | |
Vangueriella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical Africa.[1]
Taxonomy[]
It was originally described in 1987 by Bernard Verdcourt who transferred species from the Vangueriopsis subgenus Brachyanthus to the newly erected genus. The genus has two sections, V. sect. Vangueriella and V. sect. Stenosepalae, with the type species and Vangueriella spinosa respectively.[2] No changes to the taxonomy have been made since then.
Species[]
Vangueriella section Vangueriella
- (K.Schum.) Verdc.
- (Benth.) Verdc.
- (K.Schum.) Verdc.
- Verdc.
- (Robyns) Verdc.
- (Robyns) Verdc.
- (Robyns) Verdc.
- (Hiern) Verdc.
- Verdc.
Vangueriella section Stenosepalae
- (Mildbr.) Verdc.
- Verdc.
- (Robyns) Verdc.
- (Mildbr.) Bridson & Verdc.
- (Hiern) Verdc.
- (Robyns) Verdc.
- (De Wild.) Verdc.
- (K.Schum.) Verdc.
- Vangueriella spinosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Verdc.
References[]
- ^ "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Verdcourt B (1987). "Notes on African Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae". Kew Bulletin. 42 (1): 123–199. doi:10.2307/4109900. JSTOR 4109900.
External links[]
Categories:
- Flora of Africa
- Rubiaceae genera
- Vanguerieae