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
Ecology: Occurring in Amazon forest .[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:
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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Coussarea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 159 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
C. accedens · C. acuminata · C. alba var. alba · C. albescens · C. amapaensis · C. ampla · C. amplifolia · C. antioquiana · C. auriculata · C. austin-smithii · C. austinsmithii · C. bahiensis · C. benensis · C. bernardii · C. biflora · C. bocainae · C. brevicaulis · C. brevipedunculata · C. cantracta · C. capitata · C. caroliana · C. catingana · C. cephaëloides · C. cephaeloides · C. cerroazulensis · C. chariantha · C. coffeoides · C. congestiflora · C. contracta · C. contracta var. contracta · C. contracta var. panicularis · C. cornifolia · C. cuatrecasasii · C. curvigemma · C. curvigemmia · C. darienensis · C. duckei · C. dulcifolia · C. durifolia · C. ecuadorensis · C. emeantha · C. enneantha · C. evoluta · C. fanshawei · C. flava · C. friburgensis · C. frondosa · C. garciae · C. graciliflora · C. grandifolia · C. grandifructa · C. grandis · C. granvillei · C. hallei · C. hirticalyx · C. hondensis · C. hyacinthiflora · C. hydrangeaefolia · C. hydrangeifolia · C. ilheotica · C. imitans · C. impetiolaris · C. insignis · C. izabalensis · C. janeirensis · C. japurana · C. jefensis · C. klugii · C. krukovii · C. lagoensis · C. lanceolata · C. lasseri · C. latifolia · C. leptoloba · C. leptoloba var. leptoloba · C. leptoloba var. mutisii · C. leptophragma · C. leptopus · C. liesneri · C. liliiflora · C. linearis · C. locuples · C. loftonii · C. loftonii loftonii · C. loftonii subsp. calimana · C. loftonii subsp. occidentalis · C. longiacuminata · C. longiflora · C. longiflora var. benensis · C. longiflora var. longiflora · C. longifolia · C. machadoana · C. macrantha · C. macrocalyx · C. macrophylla · C. mapourioides · C. martini · C. mediocris · C. megalocarpa · C. megistophylla
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Further Reading
- Missouri Botanical Garden. 1997. Peru Checklist: Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3428326
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14251352
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:747686-1
- IUCN ID: 36867
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1024095
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
