Guihaiothamnus

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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Augusteae
Genus: Guihaiothamnus
Species: G. acaulis
Name

Guihaiothamnus H.S.Lo, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 18: 279. (1998)

monotypic taxon

Note: Placed in Augusteae by the close relationship with Wendlandia as found by the analyses of Xie et al. (2014), but segregation maintained due to its unique floral morphology.
References

Lo, H.S. 1998. Bulletin of Botanical Research Harbin. 18: 279.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Guihaiothamnus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Guihaiothamnus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Guihaiothamnus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2020.
Xie, P., Tu, T., Razafimandimbison, S.G., Zhu, C. & Zhang, D. 2014. Phylogenetic position of Guihaiothamnus (Rubiaceae): Its evolutionary and ecological implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 78: 375-385. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.022 Paywall PDF Open access Reference page.
Guihaiothamnus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Guihaiothamnus acaulis, which is only found in Rongshui County in southern China.[1]
References

"Guihaiothamnus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 28 April 2017.