Clarkella

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Clarkella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Clarkelleae
Genus: Clarkella
Hook.f.
Species:
C. nana
Binomial name
Clarkella nana
(Edgew.) Hook.f.
Synonyms
  • Clarkella nana var. siamensis(Craib) Fukuoka & N.Kurosaki
  • Clarkella siamensisCraib
  • Ophiorrhiza nanaEdgew.
  • Ophiorrhiza pellucidaH.Lév.

Clarkella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [1] The genus contains only one species, viz. Clarkella nana, which is native to India, China, Uttarakhand, the Western Himalayas, Burma and Thailand. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1880. Flora of British India 3(7): 46.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Clarkella
  3. Craib, William Grant. 1931. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1931: 216, Clarkella siamensis from Thailand