Denscantia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo |
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Denscantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.[1][2]
Species
- Denscantia andrei E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - southeastern Bahia
- Denscantia cymosa (Spreng.) E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - eastern Brazil
- Denscantia macrobracteata E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - eastern Bahia
- Denscantia monodon (K.Schum.) E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - eastern Bahia
Formerly placed here
- Leonoria calcicola (R.M.Salas & E.L.Cabral) Nuñez Florentin & R.M.Salas (as Denscantia calcicola R.M.Salas & E.L.Cabral)[3]
References
- ^ "Denscantia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ Nuñez-Florentin, Mariela, Valeria V. González, Javier E. Florentín, Roberto M. Salas, Steven Dessein, Steven B. Janssens, and Domingos Cardoso. 2024. “Multiple Sources of Evidence Unravel a Complex Taxonomic History: The New Genus Leonoria of the Spermacoce Clade (Spermacoceae-Rubiaceae).” Systematics and Biodiversity 22 (1). doi:10.1080/14772000.2024.2330367.
- ^ "Leonoria calcicola (R.M.Salas & E.L.Cabral) Nuñez Florentin & R.M.Salas". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 July 2025.