Kelloggia

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: Rubieae
Genus: Kelloggia
Species: K. chinensis – K. galioides
Name

Kelloggia Torr. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 137. (1873)

Type species: Kelloggia galioides Torr. in C.Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped. 17: 332 (1874)

References

Torrey, J. 1873. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus 2: 137.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Kelloggia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Kelloggia. Published online. Accessed: May 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Kelloggia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 21.

Kelloggia is a plant genus in the bedstraw and madder family, Rubiaceae.
Species

The Plant List and the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognise 2 accepted species:[2]

Kelloggia chinensis Franch.
Kelloggia galioides Torr.

References

"Genus: Kelloggia Torr. ex Benth. & Hook.f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
"Kelloggia". The Plant List. Retrieved 22 February 2015.