Amphistemon and Thamnoldenlandia, two new genera of Rubiaceae (Spermacoceae) endemic to Madagascar

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-472

  Groeninckx, Inge ^a   De block, Petra ^b   Robbrecht, Elmar ^b   Smets, Erik E ^a,c   Dessein, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astiella delicatula; Long distance dispersal; Molecular phylogenetics; Scanning electron microscopy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HERB; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

MADAGASCAR;

GOMPHOCALYX; HEDYOTIS; OLDENLANDIA; PHYLOHYDRAX; RUBIACEAE; SPERMACOCEAE;

EID: 77955950423     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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