| Sabicea villosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Sabicea |
| Species: | S. villosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabicea villosa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. | |
Sabicea villosa, the woolly woodvine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a perennial dicot with both vine and shrub growth habits that prefers wetlands locations. It is a native plant of Puerto Rico, Central America and South America.
Sabicea villosa grows in the rainforest ecosystem on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal that is currently being studied by scientists from the Smithsonean Tropical Research Institute.
References
- ^ USDA-NRCS (2004). "PLANTS Profile for Sabicea villosa (woolly woodvine)". usda.gov. Baton Rouge, LA. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- Discoverlife.org map, based on ITIS data.
- See Plate 88 for Sabicea villosa pollen.
External links
Media related to Sabicea villosa at Wikimedia Commons
- S. villosa photos on Flickr licensed under various Creative Commons licenses
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