Schmidtottia Explained

Schmidtottia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to eastern Cuba. Adapted to serpentine soils, they are nickel hyperaccumulators.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Schmidtottia corymbosa Borhidi
• Schmidtottia cubensis (Standl.) Urb.
• Schmidtottia cucullata Borhidi
• Schmidtottia elliptica (Britton) Urb.
• Schmidtottia involucrata (Wernham) Alain
• Schmidtottia marmorata Urb.
• Schmidtottia monantha Urb.
• Schmidtottia monticola Borhidi
• Schmidtottia multiflora Urb.
• Schmidtottia neglecta (Borhidi) Borhidi
• Schmidtottia nitens (Britton) Urb.
• Schmidtottia parvifolia Alain
• Schmidtottia scabra Borhidi & Acuña
• Schmidtottia sessilifolia (Britton) Urb.
• Schmidtottia shaferi (Standl.) Urb.
• Schmidtottia stricta Borhidi
• Schmidtottia uliginosa (Wernham) Urb.

Notes and References

1. 10.1006/anbo.1998.0786 . Nickel Hyperaccumulation in the Serpentine Flora of Cuba . 1999 . Reeves . R.D. . Baker . A.J.M. . Borhidi . A. . Berazaín . R. . Annals of Botany . 83 . 29–38 . free .
2. Web site: Schmidtottia Urb. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 19 August 2020 .