Litosanthes
Litosanthes | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Lasiantheae |
Genus: | Litosanthes Blume 1823 |
Type species | |
Litosanthes biflora Blume | |
Species | |
See text |
Litosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most botanists do not recognize it as separate from Lasianthus.[1] Molecular phylogenetic studies have not yet determined whether Litosanthes is embedded within Lasianthus or separate from it.[2]
Species
Litosanthes contains the following species, but this list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.
- Litosanthes capitulatus ( Wight) Deb & M. Gagnopadhyay
- Litosanthes biflora Blume
References
- ↑ Mohan G. Gagnopadhyay and T. Chakrabarty. 1992. "A note on the status of Litosanthes Bl. (Rubiaceae)". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 16(2):337-338.
- ↑ Long-Qian Xiao and Hua Zhu. 2007. "Paraphyly and phylogenetic relationships in Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) inferred from chloroplast rps16 data". Botanical Studies 48(2):227-232.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/31/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.