Guettarda speciosa

Ordas, Jorge Anton D., Pinarok, Neil Alejandro A., Romeroso, Roanne B., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. & Banag-Moran, Cecilia I., 2019, A checklist of Rubiaceae species from Eastern Samar, Visayas, Philippines, Check List 15 (2), pp. 295-312 : 302-303

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.2.295
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A373B66-FFC8-5475-1468-3C46FD5AFEDD
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Guettarda speciosa
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Guettarda speciosa View in CoL L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 991.

Materials examined. Table 2.

Timonius philippinensis Merr., Philipp. Bur. Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 54.

Materials examined. Table 2. Fig. 6E

Small tree about 3 m high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 9–11 × 2.8–5.5 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary, with

5–6 flowers. Calyx globose, 7 mm in diameter. Corolla salver-form, white, lobes 3 mm, tube 7 mm. Fruits not seen.

This endemic species is widely distributed on the Philippines, thriving in lowland and beach forests.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Gentianales
Family	Rubiaceae
Genus	Guettarda

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