Astiella Explained

Astiella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Jovet (1941) as a monospecific, herbaceous genus, endemic to Madagascar.^[1] Later, 11 new species endemic to Madagascar were added to the genus.^[2]

Species

• Astiella antongilensis
• Astiella antsalovansis
• Astiella confusa
• Astiella deblockiae
• Astiella delicatula
• Astiella desseinii
• Astiella homolleae
• Astiella latifolia
• Astiella longifimbria
• Astiella perrieri
• Astiella pulla
• Astiella tsaratanensis

External links

• Herbarium specimen of Astiella delicatula

Notes and References

1. Jovet P. 1941. Astiella delicatula, espèce nouvelle d'un genre nouveau malgache (Rubiacées- Oldenlandiées). Notulae Systematicae. 9. 146–156.
2. Groeninckx I, Janssens S, Smets E, Verstraete B. 2017. Description of 11 new Astiella (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) species endemic to Madagascar. European Journal of Taxonomy. 312. 1–40. 10.5852/ejt.2017.312. free. 1887/71608. free.