Thamnoldenlandia

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Thamnoldenlandia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Thamnoldenlandia
Groeninckx
Species:
T. ambovombensis
Binomial name
Thamnoldenlandia ambovombensis
Groeninckx

Thamnoldenlandia is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae. [1] It contains only one known species, Thamnoldenlandia ambovombensis, endemic to Madagascar. [2]

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References

  1. Inge Groeninckx. 2010. Amphistemon and Thamnoldenlandia, two new genera of Rubiaceae (Spermacoceae) endemic to Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4): 458–461, fig. 3I–L, 4G–I, 5C, 7, 8.
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