Kanapia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines. It was described when two former Canthium species were transferred to this new genus.[1]

Kanapia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Kanapia
Arriola & Alejandro
Type species
Kanapia monstrosa
(A.Rich.) Arriola & Alejandro

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Arriola AH, Paraguison LD, Alejandro GJ (2016). "Kanapia (Vanguerieae): a new endemic genus of Philippine Rubiaceae". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302 (7): 911–920. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1307-5. S2CID 14815565.