Aphanocarpus
Aphanocarpus is a monospecific genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is placed in the tribe Psychotrieae.[1]
| Aphanocarpus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Aphanocarpus Steyerm. |
| Species: | A. steyermarkii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphanocarpus steyermarkii | |
It holds only one species, viz. Aphanocarpus steyermarkii, which is endemic to Venezuela.[2][3]
References
- Morphology, anatomy, and taxonomic position of Pagameopsis (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae). Frederic Piesschaert, Steven Jansen, Ivan Jaimes, Elmar Robbrecht and Erik Smets, Brittonia, Volume 53, Issue 4, pages 490-504, doi:10.1007/BF02809649
- "Aphanocarpus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1965. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 12(3): 263-264. Genus Aphanocarpus and Aphanocarpus steyermarkii
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