Phyllis (plant)
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- Nobula Adans.
- Bupleuroides Moench
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Phyllis is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae. There are two known species, both native to islands in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/furtherInformation.do?name_id=155190 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
Description
Glabrous evergreen sub-shrubs. Stems rounded, smooth. Leaves in whorls of 3, with small linear stipules in between, or with petiole indistinct. Inflorescence of axillary and terminal compound panicle-like dichasia, each many-flowered and bracteates. Calyx absent. Corolla (4-)5 lobed, the lobes spreading to strongly recurved, white to green. Fruit dry, of 2 mericarps, glabrous except on inner faces.Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. {{ISBN|0-11-310017-5}}.
Species
- Phyllis nobla L. - Madeira, Canary Islands
- Phyllis viscosa Webb ex Christ - Canary Islands
References
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External links
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- [http://www.floradecanarias.com/phyllis_nobla.html Flora Vascular de las Canarias, Phyllis nobla]
- [http://www.madeira-erleben.de/Madeira-Flora/Phyllis_nobla.html Madeira Flora]
- [http://botany.cz/cs/phyllis-nobla/ Czech Botany, Phyllis nobla]
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