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Dimetia

Dimetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from the Indian subcontinent to south-central China and west and central Malesia.

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Dimetia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Dimetia
(Wight & Arn.) Meisn.
Type species
Dimetia scandens
(Roxb.) R.J.Wang

Dimetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from the Indian subcontinent to south-central China and west and central Malesia.12

Species

  • Dimetia ampliflora (Hance) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
  • Dimetia capitellata (Wall. ex G.Don) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
  • Dimetia dianxiensis (W.C.Ko) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
  • Dimetia obliquinervis (Merr.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
  • Dimetia pitardiana (Craib) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
  • Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang
References

References

  1. "Dimetia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. Neupane S, Dessein S, Wikström N, Lewis PO, Long C, Bremer B, Motley T (2015). "The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations". Taxon. 64 (2): 299–322. doi:10.12705/642.8.