Colleteria Explained

Colleteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Among other differences from the genus Chione, from which they were split, they have fruit with two pyrenes.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• Colleteria exserta (DC.) David W.Taylor – southeastern Cuba and Hispaniola
• Colleteria seminervis (Urb. & Ekman) David W.Taylor – Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. Taylor . David W. . 2014 . Wandersong (Rubiaceae), a New Genus from the Greater Antilles . Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations . 8 . 2 . 529–530 . 8 August 2020 .