Biology:Litosanthes

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Short description: Genus of plants


Litosanthes
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Litosanthes

Blume 1823
Type species
Litosanthes biflora
Species

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Litosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most botanists do not recognize it as separate from Lasianthus.[1] Molecular phylogenetic studies have not yet determined whether Litosanthes is embedded within Lasianthus or separate from it.[2]

Species

Litosanthes contains the following species, but this list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.

  • Litosanthes capitulatus (Wight) Deb & M. Gagnopadhyay
  • Litosanthes biflora Blume

References

  1. Mohan G. Gagnopadhyay and T. Chakrabarty. 1992. "A note on the status of Litosanthes Bl. (Rubiaceae)". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 16(2):337-338.
  2. Long-Qian Xiao and Hua Zhu. 2007. "Paraphyly and phylogenetic relationships in Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) inferred from chloroplast rps16 data". Botanical Studies 48(2):227-232.

Wikidata ☰ Q3264226 entry