Batopedina

Batopedina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Knoxieae
Genus:	Batopedina Verdc.
Type species
Batopedina linearifolia (Bremek.) Verdc.

Batopedina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, D.R.Congo, and Zambia.[2]

Species

• Batopedina linearifolia (Bremek.) Verdc.[1][3]
  • Batopedina linearifolia var. glabra E.M.A.Petit[4] - D.R.Congo
  • Batopedina linearifolia var. linearifolia - Zambia
• Batopedina pulvinellata Robbr.[5]
  • Batopedina pulvinellata subsp. glabrifolia Robbr.[5] - D.R.Congo
  • Batopedina pulvinellata subsp. pulvinellata - D.R.Congo
• Batopedina tenuis (A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc.[6][7] - Burkina Faso, Ghana

References

1. Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. Batopedina linearifolia
2. "Batopedina in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
3. Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus. 1949. Kew Bulletin 3: 461, Otomeria linearifolia
4. E.M.A.Petit, Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 32: 185 (1962).
5. Robbr., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 179 (1981).
6. Bernard Verdcourt. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 30 (1953).
7. A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 129 (1931). Otomeria tenuis

External links

• Batopedina in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
• Batopedina in West African plants – A Photo Guide.