''Colleteria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Rubiaceae, native to
Cuba
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,
Hispaniola
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, and
Puerto Rico
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[ Among other differences from the genus '' Chione'', from which they were split, they have fruit with two pyrenes.]
Species
Currently accepted species include:[
*'' Colleteria exserta'' (DC.) David W.Taylor – southeastern Cuba and Hispaniola
*'' Colleteria seminervis'' (Urb. & Ekman) David W.Taylor – Puerto Rico
]
References
Cinchonoideae
Rubiaceae genera
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