Calycosia · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Calycosia
Sign in to saveCalycosia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Asa Gray in 1860. The genus is found in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and the Society Islands.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
General: Pacific. One species occurs in eastern New Guinea (Calycosia
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- MO, BPBM, MNHN, ASU
- Recorded in
- Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Calycosia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- A.Gray
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
- External links
Calycosia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Asa Gray in 1860. The genus is found in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and the Society Islands.
== Species == Calycosia callithrix A.C.Sm. - Viti Levu Calycosia kajewskii Merr. & L.M.Perry - Solomons Calycosia lageniformis (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. - Viti Levu Calycosia macrocyatha Fosberg - Fiji Calycosia mamosei W.N.Takeuchi - Papua New Guinea Calycosia petiolata A.Gray - Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau) Calycosia sessilis A.Gray - Samoa Calycosia trichocalyx (Drake) Drake - Tahiti
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calycosia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.