Squamellaria vanuatuensisJebb & C.R.Huxley ex Chomicki & S.S.Renner
Squamellaria is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[2] It includes eight species native to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.[1]
It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Myrmephytum.[3]
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^"Squamellaria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
^Jebb M, Huxley C (8 February 2009). "A revision of the ant-plant genus Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae)". National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin website. Dublin, Ireland: National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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