Rhopalephora

Rhopalephora is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1864. It is native to Asia, Madagascar, and a few islands in the Pacific.[1][2]

Species[1]
  • Rhopalephora micrantha (Vahl) Faden - Java
  • Rhopalephora rugosa (H.Perrier) Faden - Madagascar
  • Rhopalephora scaberrima (Blume) Faden - China (including Taiwan + Tibet), Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Java, Philippines
  • Rhopalephora vitiensis (Seem.) Faden - Maluku, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga

Rhopalephora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Commelineae
Genus: Rhopalephora
Hassk.
Type species
Rhopalephora micrantha
(Vahl) Faden
Synonyms[1]
  • Piletocarpus Hassk.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 35 钩毛子草属 gou mao zi cao shu Rhopalephora Hasskarl, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin). 22: 58. 1864.

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