Oldenlandia bicornuta
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| Oldenlandia bicornuta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Oldenlandia |
| Species: | O. bicornuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Oldenlandia bicornuta | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hedyotis bicornuta Balf.f. (1884) | |
Oldenlandia bicornuta is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae.[2] It is a rosette-forming annual subshrub endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. Its fruit have a distinctive pair of triangular terminal teeth. It grows in rocky areas on limestone plateaus from 450 to 1,000 meters elevation.[1]
