''Oldenlandia balfourii'' is a species of
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 the island of
Socotra in
Yemen. It grows in
semi-deciduous woodland from 350 to 1,370 metres elevation.
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This species has no close allies within the genus, and is placed in the monotypic subgenus ''Alsinastrum'' .][
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References
balfourii
Endemic flora of Socotra
Least concern plants
Plants described in 1952
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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