Biology:Kraussia socotrana

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Short description: Species of plant

Kraussia socotrana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Kraussia
Species:
K. socotrana
Binomial name
Kraussia socotrana
Bridson (1995)

Kraussia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Socotra, Yemen.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas. The type was collected from Wadi Irih on the Nogad Plain.[2]

It is a shrub up to 1m tall. The leaves are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, rounded to obtuse at the apex and rounded to cuneate at the base. Domatia are absent and the petioles are up to 5mm long. Flowers are carried in 3 to 8-flowered cymes. They are white, sometimes pink on the outside, forming a tube 6 to 7mm long.[2]

Sources

  1. Miller, A. (2004). "Kraussia socotrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T45022A10973878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45022A10973878.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45022/10973878. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bridson, Diane M. (1995). "A new Kraussia from Socotra". Kew Bulletin 50 (4): 773–776. doi:10.2307/4110238. 

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