Atractocarpus heterophyllus

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Atractocarpus heterophyllus
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In the Jardin des Plantes de Paris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Atractocarpus
Species:
A. heterophyllus
Binomial name
Atractocarpus heterophyllus
Synonyms [1]
  • Atractocarpus balansaeanusGuillaumin
  • Gardenia heterophylla Montrouz.
  • Gardenia fusiformis Baill. ex Heckel

Atractocarpus heterophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The plant is native to southeastern New Caledonia. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Atractocarpus heterophyllus
  2. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. Mouly, A. 2013. On the distinction of Atractocarpus heterophyllus (Montrouz.) Guillaumin & Beauvis. and A. bracteatus Schltr. & K. Krause (Rubaiceae): in search of the correct name for the type species of Atractocarpus Schltr. & K. Krause. Adansonia, sér. 3, 34(1): 103–114.
  4. Guillaumin, André & Georges Beauvisage. 1914. Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon 38: 96. Atractocarpus heterophyllus
  5. Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier. 1860. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon : Section des Sciences 10: 216 Gardenia heterophylla