Picardaea
Appearance
Picardaea | |
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Picardaea haitiensis in the wild. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Dialypetalantheae |
Genus: | Picardaea Urb. |
Species: | P. haitiensis
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Binomial name | |
Picardaea haitiensis Urb.
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Picardaea is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae. Picardaea haitiensis is the only member of this genus and endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.[1] It is listed as endangered in the red list of the Dominican Republic[2] but is not currently assessed by the IUCN.
References
[edit]- ^ LA Flora De La Espanola, Volume 7. La flora de la Española · Issue 28 of Serie científica. Alain Henri Liogier. Publisher, Fernand Lanore, 1995.
- ^ Lista roja de la flora vascular en República Dominicana (2016). República Dominicana. Ministerio de Educación Superior Ciencia y Tecnología.Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. : Ministerio de Educación Superior Ciencia y Tecnología. Jardin Botánico DR. Rafael Ma. Moscoso.