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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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IUCN2.3
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|genus = Robynsia
|species = glabrata
|authority = [[John Hutchinson (botanist)|Hutch.]]
|parent_authority = [[John Hutchinson (botanist)|Hutch.]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="cathycarroll"/>
|synonyms = ''Cuviera bolo'' <small>Aubrév. & Pellegr</small>
|status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Hawthorne, W. |date=1998 |title=''Robynsia glabrata'' |volume=1998 |page=e.T34818A9891232 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34818A9891232.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
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'''''Robynsia''''' is a [[Monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Rubiaceae]]. It was described by [[John Hutchinson (botanist)|John Hutchinson]] and was named after his friend and colleague [[Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns|Walter Robyns]].<ref>Hutchinson, John. 1931.  Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 108</ref> The genus contains only one [[species]], '''''Robynsia glabrata''''', which is found in [[Ghana]], [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Nigeria]].<ref name="cathycarroll">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=179191 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> The species is morphologically similar to the genus ''[[Cuviera]]'' but differs by having long, slender corolla tubes.<ref name=Lantz2005>{{cite journal|vauthors=Lantz H, Bremer B|year=2005|title=Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera ''Fadogia'', ''Rytigynia'', and ''Vangueria'' with close relatives and a new circumscription of ''Vangueria''|journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution|volume=253|issue=1–4 |pages=159–183|doi=10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9|bibcode=2005PSyEv.253..159L }}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/ World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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[[Category:Monotypic Rubiaceae genera]]
[[Category:Vanguerieae]]
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