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 Morinda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 173 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. ammitia · M. angolensis · M. angustifolia (Narrow-Leaved Indian Mulberry) · M. artensis · M. asperula · M. asteroscepa · M. aurantiaca · M. badia · M. barlingii · M. bartlingii · M. batesii · M. billardierei · M. brachycalyx · M. brevipes · M. buchii · M. bucidaefolia · M. bucidifolia · M. calciphila · M. callicarpifolia · M. calycina · M. candollei · M. canthoides · M. capitellata · M. celebica · M. chrysorrhiza · M. cinnamomea · M. cinnamomifoliata · M. citrifolia (Pain Killer Tree (Caribbean)) · M. citrifolia var. citrifolia · M. citrifolia var. sativa · M. citrifolia var. typica · M. citrina · M. citrina var. chlorina · M. citrina var. citrina · M. cochinchinensis (Large-Fruited Morinda) · M. collina · M. coreia · M. coriacea · M. corneri · M. costata · M. debilis · M. decipiens · M. deplanchei · M. elliptifolia · M. elmeri · M. fasciculata · M. ferruginea · M. geminata · M. gjellerupii · M. glandulosa · M. glaucescens · M. glomerata · M. grayi · M. guatemalensis · M. hainanensis · M. hirtella · M. hispida · M. hoffmannioides · M. hollrungiana · M. howiana · M. hupehensis · M. hypotephra · M. jackiana · M. jasminoides (Jasmine Morinda) · M. kanalensis · M. lacunosa · M. lanceolata · M. lastelliana · M. latibractea · M. latibracteata · M. laxa · M. leiantha · M. leichhardtii · M. leparensis · M. leptocalama · M. litseifolia · M. longiflora · M. longifolia · M. longiloba · M. longipedunculata · M. longipetiolata · M. longissima · M. lucida · M. micrantha · M. microcephala · M. moaensis · M. mollis · M. montana · M. morindoides · M. myrtifolia · M. myrtifolia var. brevifolia · M. myrtifolia var. choriophylla · M. myrtifolia var. myrtifolia · M. myrtifolia var. velutina · M. nana · M. nanlingensis · M. nanlingensis var. pauciflora · M. naudia · M. neo-caledonica · M. neocaledonica
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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: 5989403
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:756379-1
- IUCN ID: 46072
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029026
