Litosanthes
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| Genus: | Litosanthes Blume 1823
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Litosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most botanists do not recognize it as separate from Lasianthus.[1] Molecular phylogenetic studies have not yet determined whether Litosanthes is embedded within Lasianthus or separate from it.[2]
Species
Litosanthes contains the following species, but this list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.
- Litosanthes capitulatus (Wight) Deb & M. Gagnopadhyay
- Litosanthes biflora Blume
References
- ^ Mohan G. Gagnopadhyay and T. Chakrabarty. 1992. "A note on the status of Litosanthes Bl. (Rubiaceae)". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 16(2):337-338.
- ^ Long-Qian Xiao and Hua Zhu. 2007. "Paraphyly and phylogenetic relationships in Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) inferred from chloroplast rps16 data". Botanical Studies 48(2):227-232.