Arcytophyllum

Arcytophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae

Native toBolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Panamá

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 202
With media: 97
Family: Rubiaceae
Collections: INECOL, IND, CAS, F, MO, UCONN
Recorded in: Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Rubiaceae
Image: Arcytophyllum lavarum 1.jpg

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taxon name: Arcytophyllum
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=934
topic's main category: Category:Arcytophyllum
Commons category: Arcytophyllum
name in native language: mukun 'anh
taxon author citation: Roem. & Schult.

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Description
Species
Phylogeny and biogeography
Floral morphology and evolution
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Arcytophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia.

==Description== Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Their leaves are oppositely arranged, small, sessile or sub-sessile, and possess inconspicuous secondary venation. Flowers are tetra- or pentamerous, with the stamens adnate to the white or pink funnelform or salverform corolla. The fruit is a capsule with septicidal dehiscence.

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