Amphiasma

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Amphiasma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Amphiasma
Bremek.
Type species
Amphiasma luzuloides
(K. Schum.) Bremek.

Amphiasma is a genus of 7 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Cornelis Bremekamp in 1952. The genus is found from southern Tanzania to Namibia. [1]

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References

  1. "Amphiasma in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 27 November 2011.