Alberta magna E.Mey. is a plant in the Rubiaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Alberta magna E.Mey.

Alberta magna E.Mey.

Alberta magna E.Mey. is the only remaining species in the monotypic Rubiaceae genus Alberta, native to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, commonly called Natal flame bush.

Family
Genus
Alberta
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Alberta magna E.Mey.

Alberta is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. Most species that were previously placed in the genus Alberta have been moved to the genus Razafimandimbisonia. Only the type species, Alberta magna E.Mey., remains in the Alberta genus. This species is native to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and its common name is Natal flame bush.

Photo: (c) Tim Waters, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Rubiaceae Alberta

More from Rubiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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