Pyrostria

Pyrostria
Pyrostria revoluta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Pyrostria
Comm. ex A.Juss. (1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dinocanthium Bremek. (1933)
  • Leroyia Cavaco (1970)
  • Neoleroya Cavaco (1971)
  • Pseudopeponidium Homolle (1960)
  • Scyphochlamys Balf.f. (1877)

Pyrostria is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are found in continental Africa, and only six species occur in tropical Southeast Asia. The formerly recognized genus Leroya, containing two species endemic to Madagascar, L. madagascariensis and L. richardiae, was sunk into synonymy with Pyrostria.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Pyrostria Comm. ex A.Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ Razafimandimbison SG, Lantz H, Mouly A, Bremer B (2009). "Evolutionary trends, major lineages, and new generic limits in the dioecious group of the tribe Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae): insights into the evolution of functional dioecy". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96 (1): 161–181. doi:10.3417/2006191. S2CID 86065468.