Overview
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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.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,524 meters (0 to 8,281 feet).[1]
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:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Cinchonoideae
()
- Tribe:
Hamelieae
()
- Genus:
Hoffmannia
()
- O. Swartz, 1788
- Subgenus:
nom
()
- Specific epithet:
nicotianifolia
- (M.Martens & Galeotti) L.O.Williams
- Botanical name: - Hoffmannia nicotianifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) L.O.Williams
- Specific epithet:
nicotianifolia
- (M.Martens & Galeotti) L.O.Williams
- Subgenus:
nom
(
- Genus:
Hoffmannia
(
- Tribe:
Hamelieae
(
- Subfamily:
Cinchonoideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Aegiphila hoffmannioides Standl. & Steyerm. • Higginsia macrophylla Planch. • Hoffmannia affinis Hemsl. • Hoffmannia angustifolia Standl. • Hoffmannia lenticellata Hemsl. • Hoffmannia macrophylla (Planch.) Hemsl. • Hoffmannia oreophila L. O. Williams • Hoffmannia rotundata Standl. • Ohigginsia macrophylla Planch. • Psychotria nicotianifolia M. Martens & Galeotti • Uragoga martensiana Kuntze
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hoffmannia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
H. ghiesbreghtii (Strawberry Splash) · H. ghiesbreghtii 'Variegata' (Variegated Taffetta Plant) · H. refulgens (Hook.) Hemsl. 'Vittata' (Taffeta Plant)
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Further Reading
- Flora Costaricensis / William Burger, editor. 33 1993 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1993. url p. 176.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 9 1999 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 14, p. 15.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- SysTax
- SysTax: Herbarium Universitat Ulm
- The New York Botanical Garden: Vascular Plant Type Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8999426
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-99502
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2065758
Footnotes
- Mean = 509.840 meters (1,672.703 feet), Standard Deviation = 757.700 based on 187 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
