Rhopalephora
Rhopalephora scaberrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Commelineae
Genus: Rhopalephora
Hassk.
Type species
Rhopalephora micrantha
(Vahl) Faden
Synonyms[1]
  • Piletocarpus Hassk.

Rhopalephora is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1864. It is native to Asia, Madagascar, and a few islands in the Pacific.[1][2]

Species[1]
  • Rhopalephora micrantha (Vahl) Faden - Java
  • Rhopalephora rugosa (H.Perrier) Faden - Madagascar
  • Rhopalephora scaberrima (Blume) Faden - China (including Taiwan + Tibet), Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Java, Philippines
  • Rhopalephora vitiensis (Seem.) Faden - Maluku, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 35 钩毛子草属 gou mao zi cao shu Rhopalephora Hasskarl, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin). 22: 58. 1864.

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