Astiella
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| Genus: | Astiella |
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| Astiella delicatula | |
Astiella is a monospecific genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It was described by Jovet (1941) as a monospecific, herbaceous genus, endemic to Madagascar.[1]
The only species, Astiella delicatula, has several peculiar characters: it has only two calyx lobes, uni-ovulate locules, distinctly beaked fruits with a conspicuous boat-shape and pluri-aperturate pollen.[2]
References
- ^ Jovet P. 1941. Astiella delicatula espèce nouvelle d'un genre nouveau malgache (Rubiacées-Oldenlandées). In: Humbert H ed., Notulae Systematicae 9: 146-156.
- ^ Groeninckx I, De Block P, Robbrecht E, Smets E, Dessein S. 2010. Amphistemon and Thamnoldenlandia, two new genera of Rubiaceae (Spermacoceae) endemic to Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 447-472.
External links
- World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, duplicate of specimen at National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Astiella delicatula collected in Madagascar
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