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Puffia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Puffia gerrardii, which is restricted to the littoral forests of southeastern Madagascar.[1]
Puffia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Palicoureeae |
Genus: | Puffia Razafim. & B.Bremer |
Species: | P. gerrardii
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Binomial name | |
Puffia gerrardii | |
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References
edit- ^ Razafimandimbison SG, Taylor CM, Wikström N, Pailler T, Khodabandeh A, Bremer B (2014). "Phylogeny and generic limits in the sister tribes Psychotrieae and Palicoureeae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of schizocarps in Psychotria and origins of bacterial leaf nodules of the Malagasy species". American Journal of Botany. 101 (7): 1102–1126. doi:10.3732/ajb.1400076. PMID 25049266.