Robynsia

Robynsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Subfamily:Ixoroideae
Tribe:Vanguerieae
Genus:Robynsia
Hutch.
Species: R. glabrata
Binomial name
Robynsia glabrata
Synonyms[1]

Cuviera bolo Aubrév. & Pellegr

Robynsia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It was described by John Hutchinson and was named after his friend and colleague Walter Robyns.[2] The genus contains only one species, Robynsia glabrata, which is found in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.[1] The species is morphologically similar to the genus Cuviera but differs by having long, slender corolla tubes.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hutchinson, John. 1931. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 108
  3. Lantz H, Bremer B (2005). "Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera Fadogia, Rytigynia, and Vangueria with close relatives and a new circumscription of Vangueria". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 253: 159–183. doi:10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9.


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