Rhopalobrachium
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Rhopalobrachium was a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy
with Cyclophyllum
. It was originally described by Rudolf Schlechter and Kurt Krause in 1908 to accommodate two New Caledonian
species, R. congestum and R. fragrans. No type species was selected.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
with Cyclophyllum
Cyclophyllum
Cyclophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from New Guinea to the Pacific.-Species:* Cyclophyllum baladense Guillaumin* Cyclophyllum balansae Guillaumin...
. It was originally described by Rudolf Schlechter and Kurt Krause in 1908 to accommodate two New Caledonian
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
species, R. congestum and R. fragrans. No type species was selected.