Acrosynanthus minor
| Acrosynanthus minor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Acrosynanthus |
| Species: | A. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrosynanthus minor | |
Acrosynanthus minor is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub native to Cuba.
The species was named by Ignatz Urban in 1923.[1]
Distribution
Acrosynanthus minor is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of Eastern Cuba.[2]
Description
Acrosynanthus minor is a branching shrub. The leaves are broadly linear to oblong-linear in shape, 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in) long, and 1–1.7 millimetres (0.039–0.067 in) wide. The seed-case is obovate, 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) long, and 1.8 millimetres (0.071 in) deep.[3]
References
- ↑ "Acrosynanthus minor Urb". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- ↑ "Acrosynanthus minor Urb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ Urban, Ignaz (1898). Symbolae Antillanae, seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis (in Latin). Vol. 9. Fratres Borntraeger ;Paul Klincksieck. p. 149.