Antirhea

Antirhea borbonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Antirhea
Species: A. bifida – A. borbonica – A. madagascariensis
Check: A. anodon – A. myrtoides – A. strigosa

Name

Antirhea Comm. ex A.Juss., Gen. Pl. 204. (1789) emend. Chavez et al. (2021)

• Type species: Antirhea borbonica J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 244. (1791)
  

Note: Reduced to species from Madagascar and the Mascarenes (Chavez et al. 2021)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Antirrhoea Comm. ex A.Juss., Gen. Pl.: 204. (1789), orth. var.
  • Antirhoea DC., Prodr. 4: 459. (1830), orth. var.

References

• Commerson, P. 1789. Genera Plantarum (Jussieu) 204.
• Chavez, J.G., Meve, U., Nürk, N.M. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2021. Disentangling Antirhea (Rubiaceae): resurrection of Guettardella and description of the new genus Achilleanthus. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 85-103. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boab013 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Antirhea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Antirhea. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 4 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Antirhea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Mar. 2019.

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