Heinsia

Short description: Genus of plants

Heinsia

Heinsia crinita
Scientific classification
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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Heinsia DC.". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34697-1. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. ↑ "Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Heinsia". https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1388.
3. ↑ "Heinsia". International Plant Names Index. https://www.ipni.org/n/34697-1. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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