Kingdom Plantae Family Rubiaceae Tribe Isertieae | Order Gentianales Subfamily Cinchonoideae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Cosmibuena, Ladenbergia, Ferdinandusa, Gonzalagunia, Malanea | ||
El calvo de la navidad en isertia
Isertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has 14 species, all indigenous to the neotropics. They are shrubs or small trees. A few are cultivated as ornamentals. The type species for the genus is Isertia coccinea.
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Isertia was named by Johann von Schreber in 1789. The generic name honors the German botanist and explorer Paul Erdmann Isert.
Isertia is divided into two sections: I. sect. Cassupa and I. sect. Isertia. In section Cassupa, the fruit is a berry and the ovary usually has two or three locules. In section Isertia, the fruit is a pyrene, and the ovary usually has five or six locules.
Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Isertia is most closely related to Kerianthera, a monospecific genus from Amazonian Brazil.
Isertia en la tpa cap tulo ii
Species
The following species list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.