Alseis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil.[1]
| Alseis | |
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| Alseis floribunda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Dialypetalantheae |
| Genus: | Alseis Schott |
| Type species | |
| Alseis floribunda | |
Species
edit- Alseis blackiana Hemsl. - Panamá, Colombia
- Alseis costaricensis C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica
- Alseis eggersii Standl. - Ecuador, Perú
- Alseis floribunda Schott - Bolivia, Brazil
- Alseis gardneri Wernham - Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Alseis hondurensis Standl. - Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
- Alseis involuta K.Schum. - Brazil
- Alseis labatioides H.Karst. ex K.Schum. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
- Alseis latifolia Gleason - Maranhão
- Alseis longifolia Ducke - Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
- Alseis lugonis L.Andersson - Ecuador
- Alseis microcarpa Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú
- Alseis mutisii Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela
- Alseis peruviana Standl. - Ecuador, Peru
- Alseis pickelii Pilg. & Schmale - Brazil
- Alseis reticulata Pilg. & Schmale - Amazonas (state of Brazil) and Bolivia
- Alseis smithii Standl. - Guyana
- Alseis yucatanensis Standl. - Belize, Guatemala, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatán
References
edit- ^ "Alseis in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 27 November 2011.
External links
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