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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
Ecology: The species occurs in lowland rainforest along a riverside .[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
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Genus:
Ladenbergia
()
- Specific epithet:
ferruginea
- Standl.
- Botanical name: - Ladenbergia ferruginea Standl.
- Specific epithet:
ferruginea
- Standl.
- Genus:
Ladenbergia
(
- 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 Ladenbergia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. acutifolia · L. amazonensis · L. brenesii · L. bullata · L. buntingii · L. carua · L. chapadensis · L. cujabensis · L. discolor · L. dwyeri · L. epiphytica · L. ferruginea · L. gavanensis · L. graciflora · L. gracifolia · L. graciliflora · L. heterophylla · L. hexandra · L. klugii · L. lambertiana · L. laurifolia · L. lehmanniana · L. lucens · L. macrocarpa · L. macrophylla · L. magdalenae · L. magnifolia · L. malacophylla · L. moritziana · L. muzonensis · L. nubigena · L. oblongifolia · L. obovata · L. paraensis · L. pauciflora · L. pavonii · L. physophora · L. pittieri · L. puberula · L. riberoana · L. riveroana · L. rosea-oenia · L. rubiginosa · L. stenocarpa · L. ulei · L. undata · L. valerii · L. venamoensis
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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.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ladenbergia ferruginea. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7147094
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754823-1
- IUCN ID: 36969
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1024142
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
