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Arcytophyllum
Sign in to saveArcytophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 202
- With media
- 97
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, IND, CAS, F, MO, UCONN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- Phylogeny and biogeography
- Floral morphology and evolution
- References
- External links
Arcytophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia.
==Description== Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Their leaves are oppositely arranged, small, sessile or sub-sessile, and possess inconspicuous secondary venation. Flowers are tetra- or pentamerous, with the stamens adnate to the white or pink funnelform or salverform corolla. The fruit is a capsule with septicidal dehiscence.
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