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
- 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
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hedyotis
There are approximately 320 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
H. acuminata f. alanii · H. acuminata f. alicarpa · H. acuminata f. alicarpoides · H. acuminata f. basipuba · H. acuminata f. brownii · H. acuminata f. calycosa · H. acuminata f. elliptica · H. acuminata f. grayana · H. acuminata f. greenwellae · H. acuminata f. hirtella · H. acuminata f. isae · H. acuminata f. koolauensis · H. acuminata f. lanaiensis · H. acuminata f. sherffiana · H. acuminata f. toppingii · H. acuminata f. violetana · H. acuminatissima · H. acutangula · H. acutanguta · H. aimiriikensis · H. albido-punctata · H. albo-nerva · H. albonerva · H. ambrosiaca · H. ampliflora · H. anachoreta · H. andamanica · H. angustifolia · H. arborescens · H. arguta · H. articularis articularis · H. articularis santapaui · H. articularis subsp. santapaui · H. articulata · H. asperuloides f. bradegeana · H. asperuloides f. brandegeana · H. asperuloides var. brandegeana · H. atropurpurea · H. bahaii · H. baotingensis · H. barberi · H. beddomei · H. betongensis · H. boerhaavioides · H. bourdillonii · H. brachyantha · H. buxifolia · H. caerulea f. albiflora · H. caerulea f. benkei · H. caerulea var. patens · H. cagayanensis · H. camarinensis · H. cantoniensis · H. capitellata · H. capitellata var. capitellata · H. capitellata var. pubescens · H. caracasanum · H. cardiophylla · H. catanduanensis · H. cathayana · H. caudata · H. caudatifolia · H. centranthoides f. mauiensis · H. centranthoides f. vestita · H. cinereo-viridis · H. cinereoviridis · H. coerulea · H. coerulescens · H. communis · H. commutata · H. coprosmoides · H. corallicola · H. coreana var. parvifolia · H. cornifolia · H. coronaria · H. correlli · H. corymbiformis · H. crassifolia f. albiflora · H. cushingiae · H. cyanantha (Bluets) · H. cyanescens · H. cytisoides · H. dawsoniana · H. decora · H. degeneri Fosberg var. coprosmifolia Fosberg (Waianae Range Starviolet) · H. degeneri var. degeneri · H. dendroides · H. densa · H. densiflora · H. dentelloides · H. devicolamensis · H. dianxiensis · H. diffusissima · H. divaricata · H. divaricata var. capillothyrsa · H. divaricata var. divaricata · H. diversifolia · H. drymariodes · H. edanoii · H. effusa
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Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1105299
