Plocama tinctoria

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|status =LC

|status_system =IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{Cite iucn | author= Miller, A. |title= Gaillonia tinctoria | page= e.T45020A10973159| date =2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45020A10973159.en | access-date =August 4, 2020 }}

|taxon = Plocama tinctoria

|authority = (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin

|synonyms =Gaillonia tinctoria Balf.f.

Gaillonia tinctoria var. glabra Radcl.-Sm.

Neogaillonia tinctoria (Balf.f.) Lincz.

|synonyms_ref={{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080057-1|title= Plocama tinctoria (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 4, 2020}}

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Plocama tinctoria is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to northern Somalia and the Socotra archipelago of Yemen.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/|title=World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=17 November 2011}} Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is listed by the IUCN as a threatened species (category Least Concern) under the basionym Gaillonia tinctoria.

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