Dentella

Genus of plants

Dentella
Dentella pulvinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Dentella
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Type species
Dentella repens
(L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Synonyms
  • Heymia Dennst.
  • Lippaya Endl.

Dentella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most species genus are endemic to Australia, with one species also extending through southeast Asia to subtropical Asia and the southwestern Pacific.[1]

Species

  • Dentella asperata Airy Shaw - northern Australia
  • Dentella browniana Domin - northern Australia
  • Dentella concinna Airy Shaw - Burma
  • Dentella dioeca Airy Shaw - Northern Territory
  • Dentella minutissima C.T.White & W.D.Francis - northern Australia
  • Dentella misera Airy Shaw - northern Australia
  • Dentella pulvinata Airy Shaw - central Australia
  • Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. - from tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwestern Pacific

References

  1. ^ "Dentella in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  • Dentella in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Taxon identifiers
Dentella


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