TY  - GEN
A1  - Groeninckx, Inge
A1  - Janssens, Steven
A1  - Smets, Erik
A1  - Verstraete, Brecht
T1  - Description of 11 new Astiella (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) species endemic to Madagaskar
T2  - European journal of taxonomy : 312
N2  - Astiella is an herbaceous genus endemic to Madagascar, originally described with a single species A. delicatula Jovet. Molecular and morphological evidence place it in the tribe Spermacoceae s. lat. of Rubiaceae. During herbarium studies and fieldwork in Madagascar, 11 new Astiella species were identified and these are described here: A. antongilensis Groeninckx sp. nov., A. antsalovansis Groeninckx sp. nov., A. confusa Groeninckx sp. nov., A. deblockiae Groeninckx sp. nov., A. desseinii Groeninckx sp. nov., A. homolleae Groeninckx sp. nov., A. latifolia Groeninckx sp. nov., A. longifimbria Groeninckx sp. nov., A. perrieri Groeninckx sp. nov., A. pulla Groeninckx sp. nov., and A. tsaratanensis Groeninckx sp. nov. The genus Astiella now holds 12 species in total that are all endemic to Madagascar.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 312 
KW  - Astiella
KW  - endemism
KW  - Madagascar
KW  - Rubiaceae
KW  - Spermacoceae s. lat.
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46161
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-461617
SN  - 2118-9773
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -