A checklist of Rubiaceae species from Eastern Samar, Visayas, Philippines
Author
Ordas, Jorge Anton D.
Author
Pinarok, Neil Alejandro A.
Author
Romeroso, Roanne B.
Author
Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D.
Author
Banag-Moran, Cecilia I.
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Greeniopsis megalantha
Merr., PJS
12 c (1917) Bot. 164.
Materials examined.
Table 2
.
Medium-sized tree about
9 m
high. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 15–20 ×
5–6 cm
, coriaceous, glabrous but with sparse hairs on the midrib. Inflorescences termi- nal, pubescent, many-flowered. Calyx
6 mm
, rhomboid, pubescent. Corolla white, urceolate, pubescent outside, lobes
3 mm
, tube
4 mm
. Fruits ellipsoid,
7–10 mm
, brown, pubescent.
This species has the largest flowers compared to all
Greeniopsis
species
and is easily recognized by its somewhat glabrous leaves and stipules (
Alejandro et al. 2010
).
Greeniopsis multiflora
(Elmer) Merr., PJS
4 c (1909)
Bot. 325.
Materials examined.
Table 2
.
Fig. 4C
Shrub about
2 m
high, pubescent. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 20–25 ×
10–15 cm
, glabrous with scattered hairs on midrib. Inflorescences terminal, sparsely pubes- cent, many-flowered. Calyx
2 mm
, rhomboid, pubescent. Corolla white, urceolate, pubescent outside, lobes
1 mm
, tube
1–2 mm
. Fruits subglobose,
4–5 mm
, brown, pubescent, with calyx remnants.
In contrast to the other
Greeniopsis
species
found in
Eastern Samar
and assessed as Critically Endangered,
G. multiflora
is very widespread across the
Philippines
.