Duidania

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Chiococceae
Genus: Duidania
Species: D. montana
Name

Duidania Standl., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 7: 408. (1931)

monotypic taxon

References
Standley, P.C. 1931. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum Series 7: 408.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Duidania in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Duidania. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 24 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Duidania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 24

Duidania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Duidania montana, which is found in Guyana and southern Venezuela.[1]

This plant is a shrub or small tree with leathery leaves and clusters of tubular yellow flowers. It grows on the tepuis of the Guiana Highlands in wet scrub and cloud forest habitat.[2]
References

"Duidania in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014