Rubovietnamia

Rubovietnamia is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Vietnam and southern China.[1]

Rubovietnamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Tribe: Gardenieae
Genus: Rubovietnamia
Tirveng.
Type species
Rubovietnamia aristata
Tirveng.

At the present time (May 2014), two species are known:[2][3]

  • Rubovietnamia aristata Tirveng. -[1] Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
  • Rubovietnamia nonggangensis F.J.Mou & D.X.Zhang -[4] Guangxi
  • Rubovietnamia coronula Ulrich Meve - Philippines

References
  1. Deva D. Tirvengadum. 1998. Biogeographica: Compte-rendu des seances de la societe de biogeographie, Paris, 74(4): 166–168, figs. 4, 5, 6.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Rubovietnamia
  3. Flora of China v 19 p 319, Rubovietnamia
  4. Feng-Juan Mou & Dian-Xiang Zhang. 2010. Rubovietnamia nonggangensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from China. Botanical Studies (Taipei) 51:119-126.
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