| Fernelia | |
|---|---|
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| Fernelia buxifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Octotropideae |
| Genus: | Fernelia Comm. ex Lam. |
| Type species | |
| Fernelia buxifolia | |
Fernelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to the Mascarene Islands.1
Taxonomy
It was validly published by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1788 based on previous work by Philibert Commerson.23 Fernelia was identified as the sister group to the genus Ramosmania Tirveng. & Verdc.45
Species
- Fernelia buxifolia Lam.
- Fernelia decipiens Verdc.
- Fernelia obovata Lam.
- Fernelia pedunculata C.F.Gaertn.
References
References
- "Fernelia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- Fernelia Comm. ex Lam. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved September 20, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34607-1
- Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de, & Poiret, Jean-Louis-Marie. (1783). Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique (Vol. 2, p. 452). Panckoucke;Plomteux. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/721106
- Kainulainen, K., Razafimandimbison, S. G., Wikström, N., & Bremer, B. (2017). Island hopping, long‐distance dispersal and species radiation in the Western Indian Ocean: Historical biogeography of the Coffeeae alliance (Rubiaceae). Journal of Biogeography, 44(9), 1966-1979.
- Mouly, A., Kainulainen, K., Persson, C., Davis, A. P., Wong, K. M., Razafimandimbison, S. G., & Bremer, B. (2014). Phylogenetic structure and clade circumscriptions in the Gardenieae complex (Rubiaceae). Taxon, 63(4), 801–818. http://www.jstor.org/stable/taxon.63.4.801