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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.
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 Manettia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 174 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. acutifolia · M. alba · M. albert-smithii · M. albiflora · M. angamarcensis · M. arboricola · M. asclepiadacea · M. asperifolia · M. auratifolia · M. badilloi · M. bangii · M. bangii var. glandulifera · M. barbata · M. barbata var. barbata · M. barbata var. microcarpa · M. bernardii · M. beyrichiana · M. boliviana · M. breteleri · M. breterleri · M. burchellii · M. caliana · M. calycosa · M. calycosa var. karsteniana · M. campanulacea · M. canescens · M. cardifolia · M. cephalophora · M. chrysoderma · M. cinchonarum · M. coccinea · M. coccocypseloides · M. coccocypseloides var. coccocypseloides · M. coerulea · M. congesta · M. congestoides · M. cordifolia (Brazilian Firecracker Vine) · M. cordifolia f. boliviana · M. cordifolia f. incana · M. cordifolia var. paraensis · M. corticifer · M. corticifera · M. corymbosa · M. cryptantha · M. diffusa · M. discolor · M. divaricata · M. domingensis · M. dominicensis · M. dubia · M. echitidea · M. evenia · M. fiebrigii · M. flexilis · M. flexuosa · M. gaertneri · M. gehrtii · M. glandulosa · M. glazioviana · M. glaziovii · M. gracilis · M. guilleminiana · M. herthae · M. hirtella · M. hispida · M. hoebnei · M. hoehnei · M. holtoni · M. holwayi · M. honigii · M. hotteana · M. ignita · M. irwinii · M. jorgensenii · M. lehmannii · M. leucantha · M. liehmannii · M. lilacina · M. lindenii · M. lobbii · M. locuples · M. longicalycina · M. longicalyxina · M. longipedicellata · M. lueto-rubra · M. luteo-rubra · M. luteo-rubra var. paraguariensis · M. luteorubra (Firecracker Vine) · M. luteorubra 'John Elsley' (Firecracker Vine) · M. luteorubra 'Rokky513' · M. luteorubra var. luteorubra · M. luteorubra var. paraguariensis · M. lutescens · M. lychnoidea · M. lygistum · M. marginata · M. meridensis · M. microphylla · M. miniata · M. minutiflora
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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.
- Jaramillo, T., Cornejo, X. & Pitman, N. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3411430
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14249139
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:755792-1
- IUCN ID: 46071
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029025
