Airosperma
Appearance
Airosperma | |
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Illustration of Airosperma psychotrioides from the protologue of the genus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Genus: | Airosperma K.Schum. & Lauterb. |
Synonyms | |
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Airosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Karl Moritz Schumann and Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach in 1900. It contains 6 accepted species, all endemic either to New Guinea or to Fiji.[1]
Species
[edit]- Airosperma fuscum S.Moore - Papua New Guinea
- Airosperma grandifolia Valeton - Papua New Guinea
- Airosperma psychotrioides K.Schum. & Lauterb. - Papua New Guinea
- Airosperma ramuensis K.Schum. & Lauterb. - Papua New Guinea
- Airosperma trichotomum (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. - Viti Levu
- Airosperma vanuense S.P.Darwin - Vanua Levu, Taveuni
References
[edit]- ^ "Airosperma in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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