Burchellia (Rubiaceae)

Burchellia bubalina

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: Dialypetalanthoideae
Genus: Burchellia
Species: B. bubalina

Name

Burchellia R.Br., 1820.

• Typus: B. capensis R.Br., nom. illeg. = Burchellia bubalina (L.f.) Sims
  

Note: Excluded from Gardenieae by Mouly et al. (2014) without assigning an alternative tribe (but closely related to Octotropideae).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Brown, R. 1820. Bot. Reg. 6: t. 466.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Burchellia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 11. Reference page. 
• Mouly, A., Kainulainen, K., Persson, C., Davis, A.P., Wong, K.M., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2014. Phylogenetic structure and clade circumscriptions in the Gardenieae complex (Rubiaceae). Taxon 63(4): 801-818. DOI: 10.12705/634.4 PDF Reference page.