Diacrodon

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: Diacrodon
Species: D. compressus
Name

Diacrodon Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928(1): 33. (1928)

monotypic taxon

References

Sprague, T.A. 1928. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1928(1): 33.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Diacrodon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Diacrodon. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Diacrodon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 7.

Diacrodon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Diacrodon compressus, which is endemic to northeastern Brazil.[1]
References

"Diacrodon in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 201