Aphanocarpus

Aphanocarpus is a monospecific genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is placed in the tribe Psychotrieae.[1]

Aphanocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Aphanocarpus
Steyerm.
Species:
A. steyermarkii
Binomial name
Aphanocarpus steyermarkii

It holds only one species, viz. Aphanocarpus steyermarkii, which is endemic to Venezuela.[2][3]

References

  1. Morphology, anatomy, and taxonomic position of Pagameopsis (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae). Frederic Piesschaert, Steven Jansen, Ivan Jaimes, Elmar Robbrecht and Erik Smets, Brittonia, Volume 53, Issue 4, pages 490-504, doi:10.1007/BF02809649
  2. "Aphanocarpus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1965. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 12(3): 263-264. Genus Aphanocarpus and Aphanocarpus steyermarkii


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