Biology:Dirichletia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Dirichletia
Carphalea pubescens - shrub (11774100775).jpg
Dirichletia pubescens (synonym Carphalea pubescens)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Knoxieae
Genus: Dirichletia
Klotzsch
Type species
Dirichletia pubescens
Klotzsch
Synonyms
  • Placopoda Balf.f.

Dirichletia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found northeastern tropical Africa to Namibia.[1][2]

Species

  • Dirichletia glaucescens Hiern - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Dirichletia obovata Balf.f. - Socotra
  • Dirichletia pubescens Klotzsch - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
  • Dirichletia somaliensis (Puff) Kårehed & B.Bremer - northeastern Somalia
  • Dirichletia virgata (Balf.f.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Socotra

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5808150 entry