Squamellaria

Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[2] It includes eight species native to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.^[1]

Squamellaria
S. wilsonii on the island of Taveuni at about 2,200 feet elevation in forest along Somosomo Creek
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Psychotrieae
Genus:	Squamellaria Becc. (1886)
Species[1]
Squamellaria grayi Chomicki & Wistuba Squamellaria guppyana (Becc.) Chomicki Squamellaria huxleyana Chomicki Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc. Squamellaria kajewskii (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki Squamellaria major A.C.Sm. Squamellaria thekii Jebb Squamellaria vanuatuensis Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner

It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Myrmephytum.^[3]

Species

Eight species are accepted:^[1]

• Squamellaria grayi Chomicki & Wistuba – Fiji
• Squamellaria guppyana (Becc.) Chomicki – Solomon Islands
• Squamellaria huxleyana Chomicki – Fiji
• Squamellaria imberbis (A.Gray) Becc. – Fiji (Vanua Levu)
• Squamellaria kajewskii (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Chomicki – Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Santa Isabel)
• Squamellaria major A.C.Sm. – Fiji (Taveuni: Mt. Manuka)
• Squamellaria thekii Jebb – Fiji
• Squamellaria vanuatuensis Jebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner – Vanuatu

References

1. Squamellaria Becc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
2. "Squamellaria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
3. Jebb M, Huxley C (8 February 2009). "A revision of the ant-plant genus Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae)". National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin website. Dublin, Ireland: National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin. Retrieved 19 December 2009.