Squamellaria

Squamellaria
S. wilsonii on the island of Taveuni at about 2,200 feet elevation in forest along Somosomo Creek
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Psychotrieae
Genus: Squamellaria
Becc. (1886)
Species
  • Squamellaria grayi Chomicki & Wistuba
  • Squamellaria guppyana (Becc.) Chomicki
  • Squamellaria huxleyana Chomicki
  • Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc.
  • Squamellaria kajewskii (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki
  • Squamellaria major A.C.Sm.
  • Squamellaria thekii Jebb
  • Squamellaria vanuatuensis Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner

Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. 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.

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