Squamellaria

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: Psychotrieae
Genus: Squamellaria
Species: S. grayi – S. guppyana – S. huxleyana – S. imberbis – S. jebbiana – S. kajewskii – S. major – S. tenuiflora – S. thekii – S. vanuatuensis – S. wilkinsonii – S. wilsonii
Name

Squamellaria Becc., Malesia 2: 228. (1886)

Type species: Non designatus two species described by Beccari.

References
Primary references

Beccari, O. 1886. Malesia 2: 228.

Additional references

Chomicki, G., Renner, S. 2016. Evolutionary Relationships and Biogeography of the Ant-Epiphytic Genus Squamellaria (Rubiaceae: Psychotrieae) and Their Taxonomic Implications. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0151317. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151317 Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Squamellaria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Squamellaria. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 14 2020.
Squamellaria – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Tropicos.org 2020. Squamellaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Feb. 2020.

Vernacular names
English: An Ant Plant
русский: Сквамеллярия

Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the islands of Fiji.[1]

It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Myrmephytum.[2]
Species

The following list of 4 species is sourced from The Plant List.[3]

Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc.
Squamellaria major A.C.Sm.
Squamellaria thekii Jebb
Squamellaria wilsonii (Horne ex Baker) Becc.

References

"Squamellaria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
Jebb M, Huxley C (8 February 2009). "A revision of the ant-plant genus Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae)". National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin website. Dublin, Ireland: National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
Squamellaria. The Plant List.