Valantia

Valantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Macaronesia to western Asia and northeastern tropical Africa.[1]

Valantia
Valantia deltoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Rubieae
Genus: Valantia
L.
Type species
Valantia muralis
Synonyms
  • Meionandra Gauba
  • Vaillantia Hoffm.

Species
  • Valantia aprica (Sm.) Tausch
  • Valantia calva Brullo
  • Valantia columella (Ehrenb. ex Boiss.) Bald
  • Valantia deltoidea Brullo
  • Valantia hispida L.
  • Valantia lainzii Devesa & Ortega Oliv.
  • Valantia muralis L.

References
  1. "Valantia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 19 April 2017.


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