Oxyceros is a genus of climbing flowering plants in the tribe Gardenieae of the family Rubiaceae. The 12 species are native to Asia from Sri Lanka to Malesia.[1]
Oxyceros | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Gardenieae |
Genus: | Oxyceros Lour. |
Type species | |
Oxyceros horridus |
References
edit- ^ Ridsdale, Colin (2008). "Thorny problems in the Rubiaceae: Benkara, Fagerlindia and Oxyceros". Reinwardtia. 12 (4): 289–298.