Bathysa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It was described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1845. The genus is found from Venezuela south to Brazil and Bolivia.[2]
| Bathysa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Dialypetalantheae |
| Genus: | Bathysa C.Presl |
| Type species | |
| Bathysa stipulata | |
| Synonyms | |
Species edit
Species currently (April 2014) accepted:[3]
- Bathysa australis (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum. - Bolivia, Brazil
- Bathysa bathysoides (Steyerm.) Delprete - Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Perú, Brazil
- Bathysa gymnocarpa K.Schum. - Brazil (States of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)
- Bathysa mendoncae K.Schum. - Brazil
- Bathysa multiflora L.O.Williams - Perú
- Bathysa nicholsonii K.Schum. - Brazil
- Bathysa perijaensis (Steyerm.) Delprete - Venezuela
- Bathysa pittieri (Standl.) Steyerm. - Venezuela
- Bathysa stipulata (Vell.) C.Presl - Brazil
- Bathysa sylvestrae Germano-Filho & M.Gomes - Brazil (State of Rio de Janeiro)
References edit
- ^ Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1845. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, ser. 5 3: 514.
- ^ "Bathysa in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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