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Oldenlandiopsis
''Oldenlandiopsis'' (creeping-bluet) is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is Monotypic taxon, monospecific, comprising only one species, ''Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides''. This species had previously been placed in ''Hedyotis'' or in ''Oldenlandia''. It is Indigenous (ecology), native to the West Indies, southern Mexico, and Central America. It is Naturalisation (biology), naturalized elsewhere, including Florida, Hawaii, South America, and tropical Africa. ''Oldenlandiopsis'' was established in 1990 by Edward E. Terrell and Walter H. Lewis. The Genus#Generic name, generic name indicates a likeness to ''Oldenlandia''. The specific name (botany), specific epithet refers to a superficial resemblance to Callitriche, a genus in Plantaginaceae. ''Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides'' was first described in 1862 by August Grisebach as ''Oldenlandia callitrichoides'' in a pre-print of a Academic publishing#Scholarly paper, paper that was published t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedyotis
''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and subtropical Asia and to islands of the northwest Pacific.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. It comprises about 115 species.Inge Groeninckx, Steven Dessein, Helga Ochoterena, Claes Persson, Timothy J. Motley, Jesper Kårehed, Birgitta Bremer, Suzy Huysmans, and Erik Smets. 2009. "Phylogeny of the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) based on plastid DNA data". ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 96(1):109-132. The type species for the genus is ''Hedyotis fruticosa''.''Hedyotis'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see ''External links'' below). ''Hedyotis'' was named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in ''Species Plantarum''.Carolus Linn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |