''Chaetostachydium'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
.
Species
* ''
Chaetostachydium barbatum
''Chaetostachydium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Guinea.
Species
* ''Chaetostachydium barbatum'' Colin Ernest Ridsdale, Ridsdale
* ''Chaetostachydium filiforme'' Colin ...
''
Ridsdale
* ''
Chaetostachydium filiforme''
Ridsdale
* ''
Chaetostachydium versteegii''
(Valeton
Theodoric Valeton (born 1855 in Groningen - died 1929 in The Hague) was a Dutch botanist.
He studied at the University of Groningen and received his doctorate in 1886. In 1893, he began working at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, botanical garden in ...
) Airy Shaw
References
External links
''Chaetostachydium'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Psychotrieae
Endemic flora of New Guinea
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