Houstonia micrantha

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Houstonia micrantha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Houstonia
Species:
H. micrantha
Binomial name
Houstonia micrantha
Synonyms
  • Hedyotis crassifolia var. micranthaShinners
  • Hedyotis australisW.H.Lewis & D.W.Moore

Houstonia micrantha, the southern bluet, is a plant species in the coffee family. [1] [2] [3]

It is native to the south-central United States where it has been found in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, southern Missouri, Alabama, western Tennessee, extreme western Florida (Escambia County) plus a few isolated locations in Georgia. [4] [5]

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<i>Houstonia</i> (plant) Genus of flowering plants

Houstonia (bluet) is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species were formerly classified, along with other genera since segregated elsewhere, in a more inclusive genus Hedyotis.

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<i>Kadua</i> Genus of flowering plants

Kadua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 29 species, all restricted to Polynesia. Twenty-two of these are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the species are common at high elevation. Others are single-island endemics or very rare, and a few are probably extinct. Kadua affinis is widely distributed in Hawaii and is polymorphic. The type species for the genus is Kadua acuminata.

<i>Houstonia purpurea</i> Species of plant

Houstonia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Venus's pride, woodland bluet, and purple bluet. It is native to the eastern United States from eastern Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and Pennsylvania, with scattered populations in Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, New York State and New England.

Houstonia ouachitana, the Ouachita bluet, is a species of plants in the coffee family. It is endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is an herb up to 20 cm tall, with lanceloate basal leaves and narrowly linear cauline leaves.

Houstonia croftiae, the South Texas bluet or Croft's bluet, is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is known only from 9 counties in southern Texas: Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, La Salle, Duval, Jim Wells, Refugio and San Patricio).

Houstonia correllii, the Zapata County bluet, or Correll's bluet, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is known only from Zapata County in southern Texas. It is a prostrate, mat-forming plant with white flowers.

Houstonia acerosa, the New Mexico bluet or needleleaf bluet, is a plant species native to Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Texas and New Mexico.

Houstonia palmeri, the Saltillo bluet, is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo León.

Houstonia parviflora, the few-flowered bluet or Greenman's bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, found only in south-central Texas.

Houstonia rosea, the rose bluet, is a North American plant species in the coffee family. It is a tiny plant only a few centimeters tall, with pink flowers. It is native to the south-central United States: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and southern Missouri.

Houstonia sharpii, the Hidalgo bluet, is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae. It is a herbaceous perennial up to 30 cm tall, spreading by means of stolons spreading along the surface of the ground. It also has white flowers. It is native to the states of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz in Mexico.

Houstonia spellenbergii is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the western part of the state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico, at an elevation of approximately 2100 m in the Sierra Madre Occidental near the Basaseáchic waterfall.

Houstonia subviscosa, the nodding bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to Texas.

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References

  1. Terrell, Edward Everett. 1975. New combinations in Houstonia (Rubiaceae). Phytologia 425-426. Houstonia micrantha
  2. Lewis, Walter Hepworth & Moore, Dwight Munson. 1959. Southwestern Naturalist 3: 208, Hedyotis australis
  3. Shinners, Lloyd Herbert. 1950. Field & Laboratory 18(3): 100, Hedyotis crassifolia var. micrantha
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Biota of North America Program