Lasianthus rhinophyllus

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=Lasianthus rhinophyllus |volume=1998 |page=e.T32567A9710635 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32567A9710635.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

|genus = Lasianthus

|species = rhinophyllus

|authority = (Thwaites) Thwaites

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Lasianthus rhinophyllus is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The name may also be spelt Lasianthus rhizophyllus.

Taxonomy

There is some confusion over the spelling of the epithet. {{As of|2023|March|15}}, the International Plant Names Index has the spelling rhinophyllus,{{cite web |title=Lasianthus rhinophyllus Thwaites |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/755103-1 |access-date=2023-03-15 }} whereas Plants of the World Online has rhizophyllus.{{cite web |title=Lasianthus rhizophyllus Thwaites |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:755103-1 |access-date=2023-03-15 }}

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