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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
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Genus:
Palicourea
()
- Specific epithet:
sodiroi
- Standl.
- Botanical name: - Palicourea sodiroi Standl.
- Specific epithet:
sodiroi
- Standl.
- Genus:
Palicourea
(
- 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 Palicourea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 405 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. abbreviata · P. acanthacea · P. acetosoides · P. adusta · P. aeneofusca · P. affinis · P. albert-smithii · P. albertsmithii · P. albiflora · P. albocaerulea · P. alpina (Tafetan) · P. amapaensis · P. amethystina · P. amplissima · P. anacardifolia · P. anacardiifolia · P. ananguana · P. anceps · P. andaluciana · P. anderssoniana · P. andrei · P. angustifolia · P. angutifolia · P. anianguana · P. anisoloba · P. antioquiana · P. aphthosa · P. aphtosa · P. apicata · P. archersonanoides · P. aristei · P. aschersonanoides · P. aschersonianoides · P. asplundii · P. attentuata · P. attenuata · P. aurantiaca · P. austin-smithii · P. australis · P. awa · P. azurea · P. barbinervia · P. barraensis · P. bella · P. bellula · P. blanchetiana · P. bostrychostachya · P. boyacana · P. brachyloba · P. brachypoda · P. brachystigma · P. bracteosa · P. brasiliensis · P. brenesii · P. brevithyrsa · P. buchtienii · P. buntingii · P. calantha · P. caldasana · P. caloneura · P. calophebia · P. calophlebia · P. calophlebioides · P. calophylla · P. calothyrsa · P. calothyrsus · P. calycina · P. canaguensis · P. canarina · P. candida · P. cardenasii · P. cardonae · P. caucana · P. cayennensis · P. chaquirana · P. charianthema · P. chignul · P. chimboracensis · P. chionantha · P. chiriquina · P. chlorocaerulea · P. chrysotricha · P. clerodendroides · P. coerulea · P. cogolloi · P. comitis · P. condensata · P. condorica · P. conferta · P. consobrina · P. copensis · P. coriacea · P. corniculata (Palicourea) · P. cornifolia · P. cornigera · P. corymbifera · P. costa-ricensis · P. costata · P. crocea (Red Cappel) · P. crocea f. citriflora
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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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5989436
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:759316-1
- IUCN ID: 46090
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029043
