Sphinctanthus

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
Tribus: Gardenieae
Genus: Sphinctanthus
Species: S. acutilobus – S. aurantiacus – S. fluvii-dulcis – S. hasslerianus – S. insignis – S. maculatus – S. microphyllus – S. polycarpus – S. striiflorus

Name

Sphinctanthus Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 212. (1841)

• Type species: Sphinctanthus rupestris Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 212 (1841) vide Sphinctanthus striiflorus (DC.) Hook.f. ex K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(6): 356. (1889)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Conosiphon Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 27. (1841).

References

• Bentham, G. 1841. Journal of Botany, (Being a Second Series of the Botanical Miscellany), Containing Figures and Descriptions 3: 212.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sphinctanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Sphinctanthus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Sphinctanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2020.