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Allenanthus
Sign in to saveAllenanthus was a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Machaonia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Observations7
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Allenanthus was a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Machaonia.
==Taxonomy== Allenanthus was named by Paul Standley in 1940 in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It was named in honor of Paul Hamilton Allen (1911-1963).
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