Biology:Kerbera

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Short description: Genus of plants

Kerbera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Kerbera
E.Fourn.
Species:
K. eichleri
Binomial name
Kerbera eichleri
E.Fourn.
Synonyms[1]
  • Melinia eichleri (E.Fourn.) K.Schum.

Kerbera is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first established in 1885.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Kerbera eichleri, endemic to Brazil (the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro).[1][4]

Some sources treat Kerbera as a synonym of Melinia,[5] which may in turn treated as a synonym of Philibertia.[6]

References

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