Alberta magna

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Natal flame bush
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Alberteae
Genus: Alberta
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Species:
A. magna
Binomial name
Alberta magna
Synonyms

Alberta [2] is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most species have been transferred to the genus Razafimandimbisonia , except for the type species Alberta magna. [3] It is native to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is commonly known as Natal flame bush.

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Taxonomy

The genus Alberta was shown to be paraphyletic in a phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Alberteae. The type species Alberta magna is set apart from the Malagasy Alberta species that are now included in the genus Razafimandimbisonia . [3]

References

  1. ↑ Hilton-Taylor, C.; Cloete, E.; Abbott, T.; Scott-Shaw, R.; Nichols, G. (1998). "Alberta magna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T34934A9899062. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34934A9899062.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Meyer, Ernest Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, Berlin 12: 258
  3. 1 2 Kainulainen K, Mouly A, Khodabandeh A, Bremer B (2009). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Alberteae (Rubiaceae), with description of a new genus, Razafimandimbisonia". Taxon. 58 (3): 757–768. Bibcode:2009Taxon..58..757K. doi:10.1002/tax.583006.
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