Chapelieria

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Chapelieria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Chapelieria
A.Rich. ex DC.
Species:
C. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Chapelieria madagascariensis
Synonyms

Genus

Species

Chapelieria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [2] The genus contains only one species, viz. Chapelieria madagascariensis, which is endemic to Madagascar. [3]

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Description

Chapelieria madagascariensis is a shrub growing 1.5 to 3 meters high, or a small tree growing from 5 to 8 meters high. [1]

Range and habitat

Chapelieria madagascariensis is native to Madagascar's eastern coast in Antsiranana, Toamasina, and Fianarantsoa provinces. Its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 23,707 km2, and estimated and the area of occupancy (AOO) is 132 km2. The AOO may be under-estimated due to under-sampling. [1]

It is native to coastal (littoral, sub- or supra-littoral) humid evergreen forest between sea level and 50 meters elevation, where it is found in primary, degraded, and very degraded forests on white or brown sands or clay-sand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Randrianasolo, V. 2020. Chapelieria madagascariensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137749913A137902743. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137749913A137902743.en. Accessed 14 September 2022.
  2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1830. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 389
  3. "Chapelieria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 11 June 2014.