Litosanthes

Litosanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Lasiantheae
Genus: Litosanthes
Blume 1823
Type species
Litosanthes biflora
Blume
Species

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Litosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most botanists do not recognize it as separate from Lasianthus.[1] Molecular phylogenetic studies have not yet determined whether Litosanthes is embedded within Lasianthus or separate from it.[2]

Species

Litosanthes contains the following species, but this list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.

References

  1. ↑ Mohan G. Gagnopadhyay and T. Chakrabarty. 1992. "A note on the status of Litosanthes Bl. (Rubiaceae)". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 16(2):337-338.
  2. ↑ Long-Qian Xiao and Hua Zhu. 2007. "Paraphyly and phylogenetic relationships in Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) inferred from chloroplast rps16 data". Botanical Studies 48(2):227-232.
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