''Oldenlandia aretioides'' is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Rubiaceae. It is a
subshrub
A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Der ...
endemic to northwestern and southeastern
Socotra in
Yemen.
It was collected in the 19th Century near Qallansiyah and near Wadi Faleng at opposite ends of the island, and hasn't been seen since. It is similar to ''
O. pulvinata'', but with smaller leaves and calyx.
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References
aretioides
Endemic flora of Socotra
Data deficient plants
Plants described in 1906
Taxa named by Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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