Biology:Hydrophylax

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Short description: Genus of plants

Hydrophylax
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Hydrophylax
L.f.
Species:
H. maritima
Binomial name
Hydrophylax maritima
L.f.
Synonyms
  • Sarissus Gaertn.

Hydrophylax is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782. The genus contains only one species, Hydrophylax maritima, which is found in India , Sri Lanka and Thailand.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5955306 entry