Colleteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.[1] Among other differences from the genus Chione, from which they were split, they have fruit with two pyrenes.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Genus: | Colleteria David W.Taylor (2003) |
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Species
editCurrently accepted species include:[1]
- Colleteria exserta (DC.) David W.Taylor – southeastern Cuba and Hispaniola
- Colleteria seminervis (Urb. & Ekman) David W.Taylor – Puerto Rico
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Colleteria David W.Taylor". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Taylor, David W. (2014). "Wandersong (Rubiaceae), a New Genus from the Greater Antilles". Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 8 (2): 529–530. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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