Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Bouvardia dolichantha Loes.
- Bouvardia glabra var. gracilis Polk
- Bouvardia glabra var. obtusa Loes.
- Bouvardia induta (B. L. Rob.) Standl.
- Bouvardia longiflora var. induta B. L. Rob.
- Bouvardia purpusii Brandegee
- Bouvardia steyermarkii Standl.
Notes
Publishing author : Standl. Publication : Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 383 1940 Publishing author: Standl. Publication: N. Amer. Fl. xxxii. 109 (1921). Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bouvardia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 96 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. bouvardioides · B. capitata · B. castilloi · B. cataphyllaris · B. chlorantha · B. chrysantha · B. conzatti · B. conzattii · B. cordifolia · B. corymbiflora · B. crocata · B. davisoni · B. deamii · B. dictyoneura · B. domestica · B. erecta · B. ferruginea · B. flos · B. flos var. joannis · B. glaberrima · B. glabra · B. gracilipes · B. gracilis · B. 'Green Spring' · B. 'Green Summer' · B. heterophylla · B. hintoni · B. hintoniorum · B. hogarthi · B. humboldtii · B. hybrida · B. jacquini · B. jasminiflora · B. 'Jourhite' · B. karwinskyi · B. laevis (Bouvardia) · B. langlassei · B. leiantha · B. 'Lichtrose' · B. loeseneriana · B. longiflora (Sweet Bouvardia) · B. longiflora pink · B. longiflora red · B. lottiae · B. macdougallii · B. macrantha · B. multiflora (Trumpet Flowered Bouvardia) · B. oaxacana · B. obovata · B. oriana · B. pallida · B. pedicellaris · B. pungens · B. purpusii · B. quaterniflora · B. quinquenervata · B. rekoi · B. rosea · B. rosei · B. 'Roxane' · B. 'Royal Chloe' · B. 'Royal Daphne Darkpink' · B. 'Royal Daphne Red' · B. 'Royal Daphne Supreme' · B. 'Royal Daphne White' · B. 'Royal Edith' · B. 'Royal Giselle' · B. 'Royal Janette' · B. 'Royal Jolanda' · B. 'Royal Nicolette' · B. 'Royal Renate' · B. 'Royal Silvia' · B. 'Royal Suzanne' · B. 'Royal Valesca' · B. 'Roya Claudia' · B. rzedowskii · B. scabra · B. scandens · B. standleyana · B. subcordata · B. tenuifolia · B. ternifolia (Hummingbird Flower) · B. 'Torosa' · B. triphylla · B. umbellata · B. versicolor · B. viminalis · B. viticella · B. vreelandi · B. xestosperma · B. xylosteoides · B. × domestica · B. x domestica 'Royal Daphne' · B. x domestica 'Royal Janette' · B. 'Zywerden' · B. domestica
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- The New York Botanical Garden: Vascular Plant Type Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8953377
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:745040-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 745040-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1393538
