Puffia

Puffia gerrardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Palicoureeae
Genus: Puffia
Razafim. & B.Bremer
Species: P. gerrardii
Binomial name
Puffia gerrardii
(Baker) Razafim. & B.Bremer
Synonyms

Puffia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains only one species, viz. Puffia gerrardii, which is restricted to the littoral forests of southeastern Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. Razafimandimbison SG, Taylor CM, Wikström N, Pailler T, Khodabandeh A, Bremer B (2014). "Phylogeny and generic limits in the sister tribes Psychotrieae and Palicoureeae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of schizocarps in Psychotria and origins of bacterial leaf nodules of the Malagasy species". American Journal of Botany. 101 (7): 1102–1126. doi:10.3732/ajb.1400076.
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