Phyllis (plant)

Phyllis is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae. There are two known species, both native to islands in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Phyllis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Anthospermeae
Genus:
Phyllis

L.
Binomial name
Phyllis nobla
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Nobula Adans.
  • Bupleuroides Moench

Description

Glabrous evergreen sub-shrubs. Stems rounded, smooth. Leaves in whorls of 3, with small linear stipules in between, or with petiole indistinct. Inflorescence of axillary and terminal compound panicle-like dichasia, each many-flowered and bracteates. Calyx absent. Corolla (4-)5 lobed, the lobes spreading to strongly recurved, white to green. Fruit dry, of 2 mericarps, glabrous except on inner faces.[2]

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References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. ISBN 0-11-310017-5.
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