Colleteria
| Colleteria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Genus: | Colleteria David W.Taylor |
Colleteria is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus is found in the Caribbean.[1]
Systematics
The genus Colleteria was established in 2003 by renaming two species of Chione.[2] Colleteria and Chione are the only genera in the subfamily Cinchonoideae that have not been assigned to a tribe. They will be placed in a tribe, possibly a new one, after further morphological study.[3]
Species
- Colleteria exserta (DC.) David W.Taylor - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
- Colleteria seminervis (Urb. & Ekman) David W.Taylor - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico
References
- ↑ "Colleteria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014.
- ↑ Taylor DW (2003). "Colleteria (Rubiaceae), a new genus from the Caribbean". Systematics and Geography of Plants 73 (2): 199–208.
- ↑ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247.