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 | |
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| Tarenna sechellensis, in flower, in the palm house at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Tarenna |
| Species: | T. sechellensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh.
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References
edit- ^ a b Rakotonasolo, F. (2020). "Tarenna sechellensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T165443171A165443653.en. S2CID 242814076. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- V. S. Summerhayes (1928). "New Plants from the Seychelles". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 10 (10). JSTOR: 388–395. doi:10.2307/4107106. JSTOR 4107106. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- J. G. Baker (1877). "Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles: a description of the flowering plants". L. Reeve & co. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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