Astiella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Astiella
Species: A. antongilensis – A. antsalovansis – A. confusa – A. deblockiae – A. delicatula – A. desseinii – A. homolleae – A. latifolia – A. longifimbria – A. perrieri – A. pulla – A. tsaratanensis
Name

Astiella Jovet, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 9: 147. (1941)

Type species: Astiella delicatula Jovet, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 9: 147. (1941)

References

Jovet, P.A. 1941. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Muséum de Paris. Phanérogramie 9: 147.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Astiella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 1. Reference page.
Groeninckx, I., Janssens, S., Smets, E. & Verstraete, B. 2017. Description of 11 new Astiella (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) species endemic to Madagascar. European Journal of Taxonomy 312: 1-40. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.312 PDF Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Astiella. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 1 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Astiella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 1.

Astiella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Jovet (1941) as a monospecific, herbaceous genus, endemic to Madagascar.[1] Later, 11 new species endemic to Madagascar were added to the genus.[2]
Species

Astiella antongilensis Groeninckx
Astiella antsalovansis Groeninckx
Astiella confusa Groeninckx
Astiella deblockiae Groeninckx
Astiella delicatula Jovet
Astiella desseinii Groeninckx
Astiella homolleae Groeninckx
Astiella latifolia Groeninckx
Astiella longifimbria Groeninckx
Astiella perrieri Groeninckx
Astiella pulla Groeninckx
Astiella tsaratanensis Groeninckx

References

Jovet P (1941). "Astiella delicatula, espèce nouvelle d'un genre nouveau malgache (Rubiacées- Oldenlandiées)". Notulae Systematicae. 9: 146–156.
Groeninckx I, Janssens S, Smets E, Verstraete B (2017). "Description of 11 new Astiella (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) species endemic to Madagascar". European Journal of Taxonomy. 312 (312): 1–40. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.312.