Ancylanthos

Ancylanthos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribe:	Vanguerieae
Genus:	Ancylanthos Desf.
Type species
Ancylanthos rubiginosus Desf.

Ancylanthos was a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae but is no longer recognized. It was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1818.^[1] In 2005, it was sunk into synonymy with Vangueria, based on a phylogenetic study of DNA sequences.^[2]

Desfontaines established the genus for the single species rubiginosa. By 1995 it also included the four species lactiflorus, monteiroi, rhodesiacus, and rogersii, which Bridson considered should be moved to other genera.^[3]

References

1. Desfontaines RL (1818). "Nouveau genre de la famille des Rubiacées: Ancylanthos". Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 4: 5–7.
2. Lantz H, Bremer B (2005). "Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera Fadogia, Rytigynia, and Vangueria with close relatives and a new circumscription of Vangueria". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 253 (1–4): 159–183. doi:10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9. S2CID 30867982.
3. Diane M. Bridson (1996). "The tropical African genus Ancylanthos (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae) reconsidered". Kew Bulletin. 51 (2): 343–352. doi:10.2307/4119328. JSTOR 4119328.

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae