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Tangled Starviolet (Arcytophyllum fasciculatum)

Description

Arcytophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Their leaves are oppositely arranged, small, sessile or sub-sessile, and possess inconspicuous secondary venation. Flowers are tetra- or pentamerous, with the stamens adnate to the white or pink funnelform or salverform corolla. The fruit is a capsule with septicidal dehiscence.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Rubiaceae

              • Genus: Arcytophyllum