Aphanocarpus
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Aphanocarpus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Aphanocarpus Steyerm. |
Species: | A. steyermarkii
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Binomial name | |
Aphanocarpus steyermarkii |
Aphanocarpus is a monospecific genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is placed in the tribe Psychotrieae.[1]
It holds only one species, viz. Aphanocarpus steyermarkii, which is endemic to Venezuela.[2][3]
References
- ^ Morphology, anatomy, and taxonomic position of Pagameopsis (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae). Frederic Piesschaert, Steven Jansen, Ivan Jaimes, Elmar Robbrecht and Erik Smets, Brittonia, Volume 53, Issue 4, pages 490-504, doi:10.1007/BF02809649
- ^ "Aphanocarpus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1965. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 12(3): 263-264. Genus Aphanocarpus and Aphanocarpus steyermarkii
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