Squamellaria | |
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S. wilsonii on the island of Taveuni at about 2,200 feet elevation in forest along Somosomo Creek | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Psychotrieae |
Genus: |
Squamellaria Becc. (1886) |
Species [1] | |
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Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [2] It includes eight species native to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji. [1]
It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Myrmephytum. [3]
Eight species are accepted: [1]