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
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Genus:
Tricalysia
()
- Specific epithet:
bridsoniana
- Robbr.
- Botanical name: - Tricalysia bridsoniana Robbr.
- Specific epithet:
bridsoniana
- Robbr.
- Genus:
Tricalysia
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Rubiales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tricalysia
There are approximately 165 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
T. achoundongiana · T. aciculiflora · T. acidophylla · T. acocantheroides · T. aequatoria · T. africana · T. allenii · T. allocalyx · T. ambrensis · T. ambrensis subsp. coriacea · T. amplexicaulis · T. angolensis · T. anomala · T. anomala var. anomala · T. anomala var. guineensis · T. anomala var. montana · T. atherura · T. aulacosperma · T. bagshawei · T. bagshawei malaissei · T. bagshawei subsp. malaissei · T. bequaertii · T. biafrana · T. bifida · T. borneensis · T. bracteata · T. breteleri · T. bridsoniana · T. bridsoniana var. bridsoniana · T. bridsoniana var. pandensis · T. buxifolia · T. buxifolia var. australis · T. buxifolia var. buxifolia · T. cacondensis · T. capensis · T. capensis var. capensis · T. capensis var. galpinii · T. capensis var. transvaalensis · T. concolor · T. condensis · T. congesta chasei · T. congesta subsp. chasei · T. coriacea · T. coriacea coriacea · T. coriacea nyassae · T. coriacea subsp. angustifolia · T. coriacea subsp. nyassae · T. crepiniana · T. cryptocalyx · T. deightonii · T. delagoensis · T. discolor · T. elegans · T. elliotii · T. elliotii var. centrafricana · T. elliottii · T. elliottii var. centrafricana · T. elliottii var. elliottii · T. erythrospora · T. fangana · T. faranahensis · T. ferorum · T. filiformi-stipulata · T. filiformi-stipulata var. epipsila · T. filiformistipulata · T. filiformistipulata var. epipsila · T. filiformistipulata var. filiformistipulata · T. fililoba · T. fruticosa · T. gilchristii · T. gilleti · T. glabra · T. glaucifolia · T. gossweileri · T. griseiflora · T. griseiflora var. barotseana · T. griseiflora var. benguellensis · T. griseiflora var. griseiflora · T. hensii · T. idiura · T. ignota · T. jasminiflora · T. jasminiflora var. hypotephros · T. jasminiflora var. jasminiflora · T. junodii · T. kivuensis · T. lanceolata · T. landanensis · T. lasiodelphis · T. lasiodelphys · T. lasiodelphys lasiodelphys · T. lasiodelphys subsp. anomalura · T. ledermannii · T. lejolyana · T. lineariloba · T. longistipulata · T. longituba · T. longituba longituba · T. longituba subsp. richardsiae · T. longituba var. velutina
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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.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9077333
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2313077
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930150-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1966342
