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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 2,107 meters (0 to 6,913 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:
Hymenodictyeae
()
- Genus:
Hymenodictyon
()
- N. Wallich, in Roxburgh, 1824, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
floribundum
- (Hochst. & Steud.) Rob.
- Botanical name: - Hymenodictyon floribundum (Hochst. & Steud.) Rob.
- Specific epithet:
floribundum
- (Hochst. & Steud.) Rob.
- Genus:
Hymenodictyon
(
- Tribe:
Hymenodictyeae
(
- Subfamily:
Cinchonoideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Hymenodictyon kurria Hochst. • Hymenodictyon kurria var. tomentellum Hiern • Kurria floribunda Hochst. & Steud.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hymenodictyon
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1921 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 374.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 26.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 22, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- BeBIF Provider, National Botanic Garden Belgium - Albertian Rift Rubiaceae
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5955533
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-101229
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14244649
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:753550-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 745552
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,166.330 meters (3,826.542 feet), Standard Deviation = 519.820 based on 103 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
