Clarkella

Clarkella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Clarkella
Hook.f.
Species: C. nana
Binomial name
Clarkella nana
(Edgew.) Hook.f.
Synonyms
  • Clarkella nana var. siamensis (Craib) Fukuoka & N.Kurosaki
  • Clarkella siamensis Craib
  • Ophiorrhiza nana Edgew.
  • Ophiorrhiza pellucida H.Lév.

Clarkella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.[1] The genus contains only one species, viz. Clarkella nana, which is native to India, China, Uttarakhand, the Western Himalayas, Burma and Thailand.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1880. Flora of British India 3(7): 46.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Clarkella
  3. ↑ Craib, William Grant. 1931. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1931: 216, Clarkella siamensis from Thailand


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