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Genus: Pyrostria
Life
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
The 10 species
are found in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius, with one of them, Pyrostria
hystrix, occurring in southern Africa.
Publications
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Bridson, D.M. 1987. Studies in African
Rubiaceae - Vanguerieae: a new circumscription of Pyrostria and a new
subgenus, Canthium subgen. Bullockia. Kew Bulletin 42:
611-639.
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Bridson, D.M. 1998. Rubiaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 5,2: 211-377.
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