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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: Lowland forest species.[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 Rudgea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 208 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
R. alvarezii · R. amazonica · R. amplexicaulis · R. angustissima · R. apodantha · R. ayanganensis · R. ayangannensis · R. bacciflora · R. blanchetiana · R. bolivarensis · R. brachyandra · R. bremekampiana · R. breviflora · R. brevifolia · R. buntingii · R. burchelliana · R. calycina · R. cardonae · R. caribaea · R. casarettoana · R. cephalantha · R. ceratopetala · R. ceriantha · R. ciliata · R. citrifola · R. citrifolia · R. colombiana · R. conocarpa · R. cordata · R. coriacea · R. corniculata · R. cornifolia · R. corocoroensis · R. coronata · R. coronata coronata · R. coronata subsp. leiocarpoides · R. coronata subsp. ochroleuca · R. coronata subsp. saint-hilairei · R. coronicarpa · R. corymbulosa · R. costanensis · R. crassifolia · R. crassiloba · R. crassipetiolata · R. cryptantha · R. cuatrecasasii · R. discolor · R. duckei · R. enervia · R. erioloba · R. erythrocarpa · R. eugenioides · R. fascigera · R. fissistipula · R. foveolata · R. francavillana · R. freemani · R. frondosa · R. garciana · R. gardenioides · R. gomeziana · R. graciliflora · R. grandifructa · R. guyanensis · R. hemisphaerica · R. hispidula · R. horquetensis · R. hospes · R. hostmanniana · R. hostmanniana maypurensis · R. hostmanniana subsp. freemanii · R. hostmanniana subsp. maypurensis · R. ilheotica · R. insignis · R. insolita · R. interrupta · R. involucrata · R. irregularis · R. isthmensis · R. jacobinensis · R. japurensis · R. jasminioides · R. jasminoides · R. jasminoides corniculata · R. jasminoides jasminoides · R. jasminoides subsp. corniculata · R. jasminoides subsp. micrantha · R. jasminoides subsp. nervosa · R. jativae · R. justicioides · R. karstenii · R. killipii · R. kunthii · R. laevis · R. lanceaefolia · R. lanceifolia · R. lanceolata · R. langsdorfii · R. laurifolia · R. leiocarpoides
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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 March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Rudgea obesiflora. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7147122
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:765557-1
- IUCN ID: 37000
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1024159
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
