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Heinsia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Heinsia
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Heinsia crinita
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Tribe: Mussaendeae
Genus: Heinsia
DC.

Heinsia is a small genus of flowering shrubs or small trees in the family Rubiaceae.[1] They are native to tropical Africa.[2] The genus was first formally named in 1830 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[3]

Species

(As of December 2019), the following five species are accepted in Plants of the World Online:[1]

  • Heinsia bussei Verdc.
  • Heinsia crinita (Wennberg) G.Taylor
  • Heinsia mozambicensis (Verdc.) J.E.Burrows & S.M.Burrows
  • Heinsia myrmoecia (K.Schum.) N.Hallé
  • Heinsia zanzibarica (Bojer) Verdc.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9002397 entry





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