Boholia

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Boholia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Airospermeae
Genus: Boholia
Merr.
Species:
B. nematostylis
Binomial name
Boholia nematostylis

Boholia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1926. [1] The genus contains only one species, viz. Boholia nematostylis, which is native to Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia and the Philippines. [2]

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References

  1. Merrill ED. 1926. Philippine Journal of Science 29: 493.
  2. "Boholia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 10 June 2014.