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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]
Species
Eight species are accepted:[1]
- Squamellaria grayi Chomicki & Wistuba – Fiji
- Squamellaria guppyana (Becc.) Chomicki – Solomon Islands
- Squamellaria huxleyana Chomicki – Fiji
- Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc. – Fiji (Vanua Levu)
- Squamellaria kajewskii (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki – Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Santa Isabel)
- Squamellaria major A.C.Sm. – Fiji (Taveuni: Mt. Manuka)
- Squamellaria thekii Jebb – Fiji
- Squamellaria vanuatuensis Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner – Vanuatu
References
- ^ a b c Squamellaria Becc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Squamellaria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Jebb M, Huxley C (8 February 2009). "A revision of the ant-plant genus Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae)". National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin website. Dublin, Ireland: National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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