''Aphanocarpus'' is a monospecific

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s in the

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. It is placed in the tribe Psychotrieae. It holds only one species, viz. ''Aphanocarpus steyermarkii'', which is endemic to

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.Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1965. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 12(3): 263-264. Genus ''Aphanocarpus'' and ''Aphanocarpus steyermarkii''

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''Aphanocarpus'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Monotypic Rubiaceae genera Psychotrieae {{Rubioideae-stub