Squamellaria

<i>Squamellaria</i>

Squamellaria

Genus of plants

Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[2] It includes eight species native to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.[1]

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It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Myrmephytum.[3]

Species

Eight species are accepted:[1]

  • Squamellaria grayi Chomicki & Wistuba – Fiji
  • Squamellaria guppyana (Becc.) Chomicki – Solomon Islands
  • Squamellaria huxleyana Chomicki – Fiji
  • Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc. – Fiji (Vanua Levu)
  • Squamellaria kajewskii (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki – Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Santa Isabel)
  • Squamellaria major A.C.Sm. – Fiji (Taveuni: Mt. Manuka)
  • Squamellaria thekii Jebb – Fiji
  • Squamellaria vanuatuensis Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner – Vanuatu

References

  1. [1]
    Squamellaria Becc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Squamellaria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. [3]
    Jebb M, Huxley C (8 February 2009). "A revision of the ant-plant genus Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae)". National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin website. Dublin, Ireland: National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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