Arboa berneriana is a shrub or tree that grows in the wet tropics of northern Madagascar.[1] It has varying ranges of colors from yellow to orange to red.[2]

Arboa berneriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Arboa
Species:
A. berneriana
Binomial name
Arboa berneriana
(Tul.) Thulin & Razafim.
Synonyms
  • Erblichia berneriana (Tul.) Arb
  • Piriqueta berneriana (Tul.) Urb. i
  • Turnera berneriana Tul.

Previously, A. berneriana was classified as Turnera berneriana, Erblichia berneriana, and Piriqueta berneriana . Phylogenetic analysis of Turneroideae, however, suggested it should be classified as Arboa.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Arboa berneriana (Tul.) Thulin & Razafim. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  2. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Arboa berneriana (Tul.) Thulin & Razafim". legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  3. ^ Thulin, Mats; Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G.; Chafe, Paul; Heidari, Nahid; Kool, Anneleen; Shore, Joel S. (2012). "Phylogeny of the Turneraceae clade (Passifloraceae s.l.): Trans-Atlantic disjunctions and two new genera in Africa". Taxon. 61 (2): 308–323. doi:10.1002/tax.612003.