Boholia

Boholia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1926.[1] The genus contains only one species, viz. Boholia nematostylis, which is native to Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.[2]

Boholia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Airospermeae
Genus: Boholia
Merr.
Species:
B. nematostylis
Binomial name
Boholia nematostylis

References
  1. Merrill ED. 1926. Philippine Journal of Science 29: 493.
  2. "Boholia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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