If Serissa is a genus of a flowering plant, what is Westringia a genus of?
Serissa Serissa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, containing only one species, Serissa japonica. It is native to open sub-tropical woodlands and wet meadows in southeast Asia, from India, and China to Japan. It is commonly called the snowrose, tree of a thousand stars, or Japanese boxthorn; and was formerly called Serissa foetida. 'Foetida' referres to the unpleasant, vomit-like, odour that the trees give off if their leaves are pruned or bruised.
Burchellia Burchellia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains only one species, viz. "Burchellia bubalina", which is endemic to southern Africa: the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces in South Africa, and Swaziland. It is commonly known as "wild pomegranate" (English) or "wildegranaat" (Afrikaans).