Dentella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most species genus are endemic to Australia, with one species also extending through southeast Asia to subtropical Asia and the southwestern Pacific.[1]
Dentella | |
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Dentella pulvinata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Spermacoceae |
Genus: | Dentella J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |
Type species | |
Dentella repens | |
Synonyms | |
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Species
edit- Dentella asperata Airy Shaw - northern Australia
- Dentella browniana Domin - northern Australia
- Dentella concinna Airy Shaw - Burma
- Dentella dioeca Airy Shaw - Northern Territory
- Dentella minutissima C.T.White & W.D.Francis - northern Australia
- Dentella misera Airy Shaw - northern Australia
- Dentella pulvinata Airy Shaw - central Australia
- Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. - from tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwestern Pacific
References
edit- ^ "Dentella in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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