Boholia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1926.[1] The genus contains only one species, viz. Boholia nematostylis, which is native to Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.[2]
Boholia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Airospermeae |
Genus: | Boholia Merr. |
Species: | B. nematostylis
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Binomial name | |
Boholia nematostylis |
References
edit- ^ Merrill ED. 1926. Philippine Journal of Science 29: 493.
- ^ "Boholia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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