Dimetia

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Dimetia
Species: D. ampliflora – D. capitellata – D. dianxiensis – D. obliquinervis – D. pitardiana – D. scandens

Name

Dimetia (Wight & Arn.) Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen.: 160. (1839)

• Type species: Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 67: 118. (2013)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hedyotis [unranked] Dimetia Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 406, adnot. (1834)
• Homotypic
  • Hedyotis sect. Dimetia (Wight & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 57. (1873)

References

• Meisner, C.D.F. 1839. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines ... 160.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Dimetia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 31. Reference page. 
• Guo, X., Wang, R.J., Simmons, M.P., But, P.P.H. & Yu, J. 2013. Phylogeny of the Asian Hedyotis–Oldenlandia complex (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae): Evidence for high levels of polyphyly and the parallel evolution of diplophragmous capsules. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(1): 110-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.01.006 PDF Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dimetia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 31 2018.
• Neupane, S., Dessein, S., Wikström, N., Lewis, P.O., Long, C., Bremer, B. & Motley, T.J. 2015. The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations. Taxon 64(2): 299-322. DOI: 10.12705/642.8 PDF. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Dimetia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Dec. 2018.