Robynsia

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Robynsia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Robynsia
Hutch.
Species:
R. glabrata
Binomial name
Robynsia glabrata
Synonyms [2]

Cuviera boloAubrév. & Pellegr

Robynsia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by John Hutchinson and was named after his friend and colleague Walter Robyns. [3] The genus contains only one species, Robynsia glabrata, which is found in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. [2] The species is morphologically similar to the genus Cuviera but differs by having long, slender corolla tubes. [4]

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References

  1. Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Robynsia glabrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T34818A9891232. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34818A9891232.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Hutchinson, John. 1931. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 108
  4. Lantz H, Bremer B (2005). "Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera Fadogia, Rytigynia, and Vangueria with close relatives and a new circumscription of Vangueria". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 253 (1–4): 159–183. Bibcode:2005PSyEv.253..159L. doi:10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9.