Exostema

Exostema caribaeum

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: Chiococceae
Genus: Exostema
Species: E. acuminatum – E. bicolor – E. caribaeum – E. coriaceum – E. ellipticum – E. glaberrimum – E. lancifolium – E. nitens – E. purpureum – E. revolutum – E. salicifolium – E. spinosum

Name

Exostema (Pers.) Bonpl., in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 1: 131. (1808) emend. Paudyal et al. (2018)

• Type species: Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 19. (1819)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cinchona subg. Exostema Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 196. (1805)
• Heterotypic
  • Steudelago Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 298 (1891).

References

• Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von & Bonpland, A.J.A. 1807. Pl. Aequin. 1: 131.
• Paudyal, S.K., Delprete, P.G., Neupane, S. & Motley, T.J. 2018. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and generic delimitations in tribe Chiococceae (Cinchonoideae, Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 187(3): 365-396. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boy029 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Exostema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb. 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Exostema. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 9 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2010. Exostema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Feb. 2010.

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