
(c) Octavio Rivera Hernández, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Octavio Rivera Hernández · cc-by-nc
Colleteria
Sign in to saveColleteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Among other differences from the genus Chione, from which they were split, they have fruit with two pyrenes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
Show 2 more facts
- taxon name
- Colleteria
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Colleteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Among other differences from the genus Chione, from which they were split, they have fruit with two pyrenes.
==Species== Currently accepted species include: Colleteria exserta (DC.) David W.Taylor – southeastern Cuba and Hispaniola Colleteria seminervis (Urb. & Ekman) David W.Taylor – Puerto Rico