Batopedina

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: Knoxieae
Genus: Batopedina
Species: B. linearifolia – B. pulvinellata – B. tenuis
Name

Batopedina Verdc., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 29. (1953)

Type species: Batopedina linearifolia (Bremek.) Verdc., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 29. (1953)

References

Verdcourt, B. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Batopedina in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Batopedina. Published online. Accessed: May 7 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Batopedina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 7.

Batopedina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, D.R.Congo, and Zambia.[2]
Species

Batopedina linearifolia (Bremek.) Verdc.[1][3]
Batopedina linearifolia var. glabra E.M.A.Petit[4] - D.R.Congo
Batopedina linearifolia var. linearifolia - Zambia
Batopedina pulvinellata Robbr.[5]
Batopedina pulvinellata subsp. glabrifolia Robbr.[5] - D.R.Congo
Batopedina pulvinellata subsp. pulvinellata - D.R.Congo
Batopedina tenuis (A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc.[6][7] - Burkina Faso, Ghana

References

Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. Batopedina linearifolia
"Batopedina in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus. 1949. Kew Bulletin 3: 461, Otomeria linearifolia
E.M.A.Petit, Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 32: 185 (1962).
Robbr., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 179 (1981).
Bernard Verdcourt. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 30 (1953).

A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 129 (1931). Otomeria tenuis

External links

Batopedina in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Batopedina in West African plants – A Photo Guide.