Dimetia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Dimetia
Species: D. ampliflora – D. capitellata – D. dianxiensis – D. obliquinervis – D. pitardiana – D. scandens
Name

Dimetia (Wight & Arn.) Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen.: 160. (1839)

Type species: Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 67: 118. (2013)

Synonyms

Basionym
Hedyotis [unranked] Dimetia Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 406, adnot. (1834)
Homotypic
Hedyotis sect. Dimetia (Wight & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 57. (1873)

References

Meisner, C.D.F. 1839. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines ... 160.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Dimetia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 31. Reference page.
Guo, X., Wang, R.J., Simmons, M.P., But, P.P.H. & Yu, J. 2013. Phylogeny of the Asian Hedyotis–Oldenlandia complex (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae): Evidence for high levels of polyphyly and the parallel evolution of diplophragmous capsules. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(1): 110-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.01.006 PDF Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dimetia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 31 2018.
Neupane, S., Dessein, S., Wikström, N., Lewis, P.O., Long, C., Bremer, B. & Motley, T.J. 2015. The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations. Taxon 64(2): 299-322. DOI: 10.12705/642.8 PDF. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Dimetia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 31.

Dimetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from the Indian subcontinent to south-central China and west and central Malesia.[1][2]
Species

Dimetia ampliflora (Hance) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Dimetia capitellata (Wall. ex G.Don) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Dimetia dianxiensis (W.C.Ko) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Dimetia obliquinervis (Merr.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Dimetia pitardiana (Craib) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang

References

"Dimetia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 April 2017.
Neupane S, Dessein S, Wikström N, Lewis PO, Long C, Bremer B, Motley T (2015). "The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations". Taxon. 64 (2): 299–322. doi:10.12705/642.8.