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 Randia
There are approximately 203 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
R. aciculiflora · R. aculeata (Indigo Berry) · R. aculeata f. minor · R. aculeata f. mitis · R. aculeata var. aculeata · R. aculeata var. dasyclada · R. aculeata var. dasyphylla · R. aculeata var. mitis · R. acunae · R. adolfi-friederici · R. africana · R. altiscandens · R. amazonasensis · R. angatensis · R. anisophylloides · R. annae · R. arborea · R. aristeguietae · R. armata · R. armata armata · R. armata panamensis · R. armata subsp. panamensis · R. asperifolia · R. audasii · R. bartlettiana · R. bernhardensis · R. boliviana · R. brenesii · R. brevipes · R. cacaocarpa · R. calliantha · R. calycina · R. calycosa · R. canescens · R. capitata · R. carlosiana · R. celastroidea · R. chiapensis · R. chromocarpa · R. ciliolata · R. cinerea · R. clathrodendron · R. clusiaefolia · R. comptonii · R. confusa · R. cookii · R. coronata · R. costata · R. crassispina · R. cubana · R. debruynii · R. decemcostata · R. denticulata · R. dioica · R. discolor · R. disperma · R. duckei · R. dumetorum f. inermis · R. dumetorum var. longispina · R. echinocarpa · R. elliptica · R. erythrocarpa · R. euacantha · R. ferox · R. fitzalani · R. forrestii · R. gambica · R. gardneri · R. genipaeflora · R. genipifolia · R. genipoides · R. gentryi · R. gibbsiana · R. glabrescens · R. graciliflora · R. grandifolia · R. grayumii · R. griffithi · R. guerrerensis · R. gynopachys · R. gynopachys var. rubiginosa · R. hainanensis · R. hebecarpa · R. hedrophylla · R. hidalgensis · R. hondensis · R. hoogstraalii · R. hygrophyla · R. immanifolia · R. induta · R. ixoriflora · R. janowskyi · R. jasminiflora · R. jasminodora · R. junghuhniana · R. kerstingii · R. killipii · R. laetevirens · R. laevigata · R. laevigatoides
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Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16039258
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:890633-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 890633-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3681751
