Vangueriella

Vangueriella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical Africa.[1]

Vangueriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Vanguerieae
Genus:	Vangueriella Verdc.
Type species
Vangueriella laxiflora (K.Schum.) Verdc.

Taxonomy

It was originally described in 1987 by Bernard Verdcourt who transferred species from the Vangueriopsis subgenus Brachyanthus to the newly erected genus. The genus has two sections, V. sect. Vangueriella and V. sect. Stenosepalae, with the type species Vangueriella laxiflora and Vangueriella spinosa respectively.[2] No changes to the taxonomy have been made since then.

Species

Vangueriella section Vangueriella

• Vangueriella chlorantha (K.Schum.) Verdc.
• Vangueriella discolor (Benth.) Verdc.
• Vangueriella laxiflora (K.Schum.) Verdc.
• Vangueriella letestui Verdc.
• Vangueriella nigerica (Robyns) Verdc.
• Vangueriella nigricans (Robyns) Verdc.
• Vangueriella olacifolia (Robyns) Verdc.
• Vangueriella vanguerioides (Hiern) Verdc.
• Vangueriella zenkeri Verdc.

Vangueriella section Stenosepalae

• Vangueriella campylacantha (Mildbr.) Verdc.
• Vangueriella georgesii Verdc.
• Vangueriella glabrescens (Robyns) Verdc.
• Vangueriella orthacantha (Mildbr.) Bridson & Verdc.
• Vangueriella rhamnoides (Hiern) Verdc.
• Vangueriella rufa (Robyns) Verdc.
• Vangueriella sapinii (De Wild.) Verdc.
• Vangueriella soyauxii (K.Schum.) Verdc.
• Vangueriella spinosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Verdc.

References

1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. Verdcourt B (1987). "Notes on African Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae". Kew Bulletin. 42 (1): 123–199. doi:10.2307/4109900. JSTOR 4109900.

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae