Tarenna sechellensis
Species of plant
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Tarenna sechellensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is known from the Seychelles, Madagascar and Mayotte. The English botanist John Gilbert Baker was the first to formally describe this species in 1877 (in the genus Webera), subsequently V. S. Summerhayes assigned the species to the genus Tarenna.
| Tarenna sechellensis | |
|---|---|
| Tarenna sechellensis, in flower, in the palm house at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Tarenna |
| Species: | T. sechellensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh. | |