Vangueriella

Vangueriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Vangueriella
Verdc.
Type species
Vangueriella laxiflora
(K.Schum.) Verdc.

Vangueriella is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus is found in tropical Africa.[1]

Taxonomy

It was originally described in 1987 by Bernard Verdcourt who transferred species from Vangueriopsis subgenus Brachyanthus to the newly erected genus. The genus has two sections, V. sect. Vangueriella and V. sect. Stenosepalae, with the type species Vangueriella laxiflora and Vangueriella spinosa respectively.[2] No changes to the taxonomy have been made since then.

Species

References

  1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved November 2011.
  2. Verdcourt B (1987). "Notes on African Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae". Kew Bulletin 42: 123–199. doi:10.2307/4109900.

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