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: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Robynsia
Hutch.
Species:
R. glabrata
Binomial name
Robynsia glabrata
Synonyms [1]

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. [2] The genus contains only one species, Robynsia glabrata, which is found in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. [1] The species is morphologically similar to the genus Cuviera but differs by having long, slender corolla tubes. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hutchinson, John. 1931. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 108
  3. 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: 159–183. doi:10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9.