| Sabicea amazonensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Sabicea |
| Species: | S. amazonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabicea amazonensis Wernham | |
Sabicea amazonensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical South America. Zemagho, et al. assign Sabicea amazonensis to their subgenus, Sabicea Aubl. subgenus Sabicea, on the basis of morphological characters.
There are no synonyms.
Description
Sabicea amazonensis is a twining creeper which has equal to almost equal leaves. The stipules are entire to two-toothed and less than 15 mm long. The bracts are free or almost free. The inflorescence is unbranched and sessile or almost sessile. The calyx lobes are less than 3 mm long. The corolla throat is covered in short trichomes. The ovary is 3–5 locular, and the mature red fruits are sessile.
Distribution
It is native to Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
References
- ^ "Sabicea amazonensis Wernham | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- Wernham, H.F. (1914). Monograph of the Genus Sabicea. Vol. 1914. p. 47, Pl. 5.
- ^ Zemagho, L.; Liede-Schumann, S.; Sonké, B.; Janssens, S.; Lachenaud, O.; Verstraete, B.; Dessein, S. (2016). "Phylogenetics of tribe Sabiceeae (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) revisited, with a new subgeneric classification for Sabicea" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (3): 551–580. doi:10.1111/boj.12475.
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