Squamellaria
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|image = Squamellaria wilsonii.jpg
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|image_caption = S. wilsonii on the island of Taveuni at about 2,200 feet elevation in forest along Somosomo Creek
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|taxon = Squamellaria
|authority = Becc. (1886)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
- Squamellaria grayi {{small|Chomicki & Wistuba}}
- Squamellaria guppyana {{small|(Becc.) Chomicki}}
- Squamellaria huxleyana {{small|Chomicki}}
- Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc.
- Squamellaria kajewskii {{small|(Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki}}
- Squamellaria major A.C.Sm.
- Squamellaria thekii Jebb
- Squamellaria vanuatuensis {{small|Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner}}
|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35379-1 Squamellaria Becc.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Squamellaria|title=Squamellaria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=26 April 2014}} It includes eight species native to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.
It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Myrmephytum.{{cite web|url=http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/research/hydnophytum.htm|title=A revision of the ant-plant genus Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae)|last=Jebb M, Huxley C|date=8 February 2009 |website=National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin website|publisher=National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin |accessdate=19 December 2009|location=Dublin, Ireland}}
Species
- Squamellaria grayi {{small|Chomicki & Wistuba}} – Fiji
- Squamellaria guppyana {{small|(Becc.) Chomicki}} – Solomon Islands
- Squamellaria huxleyana {{small|Chomicki}} – Fiji
- Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc. – Fiji (Vanua Levu)
- Squamellaria kajewskii {{small|(Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki}} – Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Santa Isabel)
- Squamellaria major A.C.Sm. – Fiji (Taveuni: Mt. Manuka)
- Squamellaria thekii Jebb – Fiji
- Squamellaria vanuatuensis {{small|Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner}} – Vanuatu
References
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Category:Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari
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