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Ramosmania
Sign in to saveRamosmania is a genus of two species of small trees in the family Rubiaceae; one is extinct. Both species are endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Ramosmania is a genus of two species of small trees in the family Rubiaceae; one is extinct. Both species are endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius.
==Taxonomy== It was described by Deva D. Tirvengadum and Bernard Verdcourt in 1982 with Ramosmania heterophylla as the type species. Ramosmania was identified as the sister group to the genus Fernelia ===Species=== The genus comprises two species: Ramosmania rodriguesii †Ramosmania heterophylla (extinct)
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