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Glionnetia sericea (Randia sericea)

Synonyms: Ixora sericea (homotypic); Randia sericea (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Glionnetia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains only one species, viz. Glionnetia sericea, which is endemic to Mahé and Silhouette Island in the Seychelles. The species thrives mainly on high ridges in the mountains and it does not seem to grow well at lower altitudes. Glionnetia sericea is a small tree with paniculate terminal inflorescences and it has capsules that are dispersed by wind.
View Wikipedia Record: Glionnetia sericea

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Glionnetia sericea

Providers

Pollinated by 
Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus hawk moth)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0