Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Ixoroideae is a member of the Family Rubiaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ixoroideae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Gentiananae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order: Gentianales
Lindley, 1833
- Family: Rubiaceae
(iks-OR-uh)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Subfamily: Ixoroideae
- Family: Rubiaceae
(iks-OR-uh)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Order: Gentianales
Lindley, 1833
- Superorder: Gentiananae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Subfamily Ixoroideae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (15): Alberteae · Aulacocalyceae · Coffeeae · Condamineeae · Gardenieae · Henriquezieae · Hypobathreae · Ixoreae · Mussaendeae · Pavetteae · Posoquerieae · Retiniphylleae · Sabiceeae · Sipaneeae · Vanguerieae
- Genus (41): Aidia · Alberta · Alibertia · Aulacocalyx · Bikkia · Canthium · Coffea · Condaminea · Cuviera · Dialypetalanthus · Diplospora · Duroia · Fadogia · Gardenia · Gleasonia · Heinsenia · Henriquezia · Hutchinsonia · Hypobathrum · Ixora · Keetia · Molopanthera · Mussaenda · Nematostylis · Pavetta · Platycarpum · Posoqueria · Pseudosabicea · Psilanthus · Psydrax · Pyrostria · Randia · Retiniphyllum · Rothmannia · Rytigynia · Sabicea · Sipanea · Tarenna · Tocoyena · Tricalysia · Vangueria
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4,223 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subfamily Ixoroideae.
Genera
Aidia
Aidia is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It was described by Jo?o de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. [more]
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.6 million in 2011, making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Alberta and its neighbour, Saskatchewan, were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. [more]
Alibertia
Alibertia is the name of two genera of life form: [more]
Aulacocalyx
Aulacocalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in tropical Africa. [more]
Bikkia
Bikkia is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Canthium
Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny. [more]
Coffea
Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. Seeds of several species are the source of coffee. Coffee ranks as one of the world's most valuable and widely traded commodity crops and is an important export product of several countries. The leaves and the outer part of the fruit are also sometimes eaten. [more]
Condaminea
Cuviera
Dialypetalanthus
Diplospora
Duroia
Fadogia
Gardenia
Gardenia is a genus of 142 species of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Oceania. [more]
Gleasonia
Heinsenia
Henriquezia
Henriquezia is a genus of three species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, sometimes classified as , native to Amazon basin. [more]
Hutchinsonia
Hypobathrum
Ixora
Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 500 species. Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, its centre of diversity is in Tropical Asia. Ixora also grows commonly in subtropical climates in the United States, such as Florida. It is commonly known as West Indian Jasmine. Other common names include: rangan, kheme, ponna, chann tanea, techi, pan, santan, jarum-jarum, Jungle flame, Jungle geranium, and many more. The plants possess leathery leaves, ranging from 3 to 6 inches in length, and produce large clusters of tiny flowers in the summer. Members of Ixora prefer acidic soil, and are suitable choices for bonsai. It is also a popular choice for hedges in parts of South East Asia, like in Thailand. In tropical climates they flower year round. [more]
Keetia
Keetia is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Molopanthera
Mussaenda
Nematostylis
Pavetta
Pavetta is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Platycarpum
Posoqueria
Pseudosabicea
Pseudosabicea is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Psilanthus
Psydrax
Psydrax is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It consists of trees, shrubs, and a few lianas in the paleotropics. [more]
Pyrostria
Pyrostria is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Randia
Randia can refer to: [more]
Retiniphyllum
Rothmannia
Rothmannia is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. The following incomplete list shows some of the species: [more]
Rytigynia
Rytigynia is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Sabicea
Sabicea is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list is incomplete): [more]
Sipanea
Tarenna
Tarenna is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Tocoyena
Tocoyena is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Tricalysia
Tricalysia is a genus of in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Vangueria
Vangueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [more]
At least 107 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vangueria.
More info about the Genus Vangueria may be found here.
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