Biology:Gleasonia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Gleasonia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Henriquezieae
Genus: Gleasonia
Standl.
Type species
Gleasonia duidana
Standl.

Gleasonia is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae.[1] There are at the present time (May 2014) five accepted species, all native to South America.[2]

  • Gleasonia cururuensis Egler - Brazil
  • Gleasonia duidana Standl. - Brazil , Venezuela, Guyana
    • Gleasonia duidana var. duidana - Brazil , Venezuela
    • Gleasonia duidana var. latifolia Steyerm. - Brazil , Venezuela, Guyana
  • Gleasonia macrocalyx Ducke - Brazil
  • Gleasonia prancei B.M.Boom - Brazil
  • Gleasonia uaupensis Ducke - Brazil

References

  1. Paul Carpenter Standley. 1931. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Botanical series 7: 372
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q8964225 entry