''Mussaenda'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...
. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as
ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that ...
s.
Species
''Mussaenda'' includes the following species:
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Mussaenda acuminata'' Blume (1826)
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Mussaenda acuminatissima'' Merr. (1920 publ. 1921)
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Mussaenda aestuarii'' K.Schum. (1905)
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Mussaenda afzelii'' G.Don (1834)
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Mussaenda afzelioides'' Wernham (1913)
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Mussaenda albiflora'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1910)
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Mussaenda angolensis'' Wernham (1913)
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Mussaenda angustisepala'' Ridl. (1923)
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Mussaenda anisophylla'' Vidal (1885)
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Mussaenda antiloga'' Chun & W.C.Ko (1974)
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Mussaenda aptera'' Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda arcuata'' Poir. (1797)
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Mussaenda attenuifolia'' Elmer (1913)
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Mussaenda bammleri'' Valeton (1925)
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Mussaenda benguetensis'' Elmer (1906)
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Mussaenda bevanii'' F.Muell. (Nov. 1887)
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Mussaenda bityensis'' Wernham (1919)
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Mussaenda bodenii'' Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
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Mussaenda bonii'' Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda borbonica'' Lapeyrere (1888)
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Mussaenda brachygyna'' Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
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Mussaenda breviloba'' S.Moore (1905)
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Mussaenda cambodiana'' Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda caudatiloba'' D.Fang (2002)
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Mussaenda celebica'' Ridl. (1940)
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Mussaenda chevalieri'' Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda chinensis'' Lour. (1790)
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Mussaenda chingii'' C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
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Mussaenda chippii'' Wernham (1913)
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Mussaenda chlorantha'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1913)
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Mussaenda chrysotricha'' Valeton (1925)
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Mussaenda conopharyngiifolia'' Stapf, J. Linn. Soc. (1905)
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Mussaenda cordifolia'' Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
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Mussaenda corymbosa'' Roxb. (1824)
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Mussaenda cuspidata'' Geddes (1927)
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Mussaenda cylindrocarpa'' Burck (1883)
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Mussaenda dasyphylla'' Miq. (1869)
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Mussaenda dawei'' Hutch. (1922)
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Mussaenda debeauxii'' Wernham (1916)
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Mussaenda decipiens'' H.Li (1980)
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Mussaenda densiflora'' H.L.Li (1943)
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Mussaenda dinhensis'' Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda divaricata'' Hutch. (1916)
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Mussaenda dolichocarpa'' (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. (1913)
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Mussaenda dranensis'' Wernham (1921)
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Mussaenda elegans'' Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
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Mussaenda elliptica'' Hutch. (1916)
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Mussaenda elmeri'' Merr. (1929)
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Mussaenda emeiensis'' Z.Y.Zhu & S.J.Zhu, Bull. Bot. Res. (2008)
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Mussaenda epiphytica'' Cheek (2009)
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Mussaenda erosa'' Champ. ex Benth. (1852)
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Mussaenda erythrophylla'' Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
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Mussaenda ferrea'' Geddes (1927)
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Mussaenda ferruginea'' K.Schum. (1889)
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Mussaenda fissibractea'' Merr. (1937)
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Mussaenda forbesii'' Wernham ex S.Moore (1923)
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Mussaenda forsteniana'' Miq. (1869)
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Mussaenda frondosa
''Mussaenda frondosa'', commonly known as the wild mussaenda or dhobi tree, is a plant of family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub that grows to about tall. Like most other ''Mussaenda'' species, they have a bract beneath their flowers, which in this spe ...
'' L. (1753)
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Mussaenda garrettii'' Craib (1931)
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Mussaenda glabra'' Vahl (1794)
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Mussaenda glabrata'' (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
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Mussaenda gossweileri'' Wernham (1916)
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Mussaenda grandiflora'' Benth. (1849)
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Mussaenda grandifolia'' Elmer (1906)
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Mussaenda griffithii'' Wight ex Hook.f. (1880)
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Mussaenda hainanensis'' Merr. (1935)
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Mussaenda havilandii'' ined..
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Mussaenda heinsioides'' Hiern (1877)
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Mussaenda herderscheeana'' Valeton (1925)
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Mussaenda hilaris'' Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda hirsuta'' Ridl. (1923)
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Mussaenda hirsutissima'' (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
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Mussaenda hirsutula'' Miq. (1861)
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Mussaenda hoaensis'' Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda hossei'' Craib ex Hosseus, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 444, 457 (1911)
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Mussaenda incana'' Wall. (1824)
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Mussaenda intuspilosa'' Jayaw. (1963)
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Mussaenda isertiana'' DC. (1830)
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Mussaenda johannis-winkleri'' Merr. (1937)
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Mussaenda kajewskii'' Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
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Mussaenda kanehirae'' Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
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Mussaenda keenanii'' Hook.f. (1880)
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Mussaenda kerrii'' Craib (1911)
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Mussaenda kingdon-wardii'' Jayaw. (1965)
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Mussaenda kintaensis'' King ex Stapf, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1894)
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Mussaenda kwangsiensis'' H.L.Li (1943)
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Mussaenda kwangtungensis'' H.L.Li (1944)
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Mussaenda lanata'' C.B.Rob., Philipp. J. Sci. (1911)
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Mussaenda lancifolia'' K.Krause (1920)
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Mussaenda lancipetala'' X.F.Deng & D.X.Zhang (2008)
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Mussaenda landolphioides'' Wernham (1913)
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Mussaenda lanuginosa'' Ridl. (1940)
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Mussaenda laxa'' (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
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Mussaenda laxiflora'' Hutch. (1916)
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Mussaenda leptantha'' Wernham (1919)
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Mussaenda leucophylla'' E.M.A.Petit (1955)
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Mussaenda leucova'' Gilli (1979 publ. 1980)
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Mussaenda linderi'' Hutch. & Dalziel (1931)
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Mussaenda lobbii'' (Ridl.) ined..
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Mussaenda longipetala'' H.L.Li (1943)
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Mussaenda longisepala'' Geddes (1927)
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Mussaenda longituba'' Valeton (1907)
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Mussaenda lotungensis'' Chun & W.C.Ko (1974)
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Mussaenda macrantha'' Valeton (1911)
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Mussaenda macrophylla'' Wall. (1824)
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Mussaenda macrophylla f. grandisepala'' Jayaw. (1963)
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Mussaenda magallanensis'' Elmer (1911)
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Mussaenda maingayi'' (Hook.f.) Hemsl. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. (1896)
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Mussaenda malaccensis'' Ridl. (1923)
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Mussaenda malacotricha'' Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
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Mussaenda membranacea'' King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
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Mussaenda membranifolia'' Merr. (1923)
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Mussaenda microdonta'' Wernham (1913)
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Mussaenda milleri'' Elmer (1939)
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Mussaenda mollis'' Geddes (1927)
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Mussaenda mollissima'' C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
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Mussaenda monticola'' K.Krause (1912)
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Mussaenda motleyi'' Ridl. (1940)
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Mussaenda multibracteata'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1916)
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Mussaenda multinervis'' C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
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Mussaenda nannanii'' Wernham (1918)
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Mussaenda nervosa'' Elmer (1911)
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Mussaenda nicobarica'' Shimpale, S.R.Yadav & Babu (2009)
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Mussaenda nijensis'' R.D.Good (1926)
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Mussaenda nivea'' A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel (1931)
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Mussaenda oblonga'' King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
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Mussaenda oreadum'' Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
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Mussaenda ornata'' S.Moore (1927)
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Mussaenda ovata'' Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
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Mussaenda palawanensis'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1915)
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Mussaenda paludosa'' E.M.A.Petit (1955)
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Mussaenda parryorum'' C.E.C.Fisch. (1928)
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Mussaenda parviflora'' Miq. (1867)
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Mussaenda parvifolia'' Valeton (1907)
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Mussaenda philippica'' A.Rich. (1830)
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Mussaenda philippinensis'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1908)
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Mussaenda pilosissima
''Mussaenda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Species
''Mussaenda'' includes the foll ...
'' Valeton (1925)
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Mussaenda pinatubensis'' Elmer (1934)
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Mussaenda pingbianensis'' C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
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Mussaenda pluviatilis'' S.Moore (1927)
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Mussaenda polita'' Hiern (1877)
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Mussaenda polyneura'' King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
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Mussaenda procera'' F.M.Bailey (1900)
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Mussaenda pubescens'' Dryand. (1810)
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Mussaenda pullei'' Valeton (1911)
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Mussaenda purpurascens'' Ridl. (1912)
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Mussaenda raiateensis'' J.W.Moore (1933)
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Mussaenda reinwardtiana'' Miq. (1857)
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Mussaenda ridleyana'' Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
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Mussaenda rivularis'' Welw. ex Hiern (1898)
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Mussaenda roxburghii'' Hook.f. (1880)
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Mussaenda rufa'' A.Rich. (1830)
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Mussaenda rufescens'' Valeton (1911)
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Mussaenda rufinervia'' Miq. (1857)
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Mussaenda saigonensis'' Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda samana'' Jayaw. (1963)
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Mussaenda sandakana'' Govaerts (2008)
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Mussaenda sanderiana'' Ridl. (1909)
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Mussaenda scandens'' Elmer (1911)
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Mussaenda scratchleyi'' Wernham (1918)
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Mussaenda sericea'' Blume (1826)
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Mussaenda sessilifolia'' Hutch. (1916)
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Mussaenda setosa'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1915)
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Mussaenda shikokiana'' Makino (1904)
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Mussaenda simpliciloba'' Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien (1925)
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Mussaenda soyauxii'' Büttner (1889)
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Mussaenda spectabilis'' Ridl. (1918)
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Mussaenda squiresii'' Merr. (1938)
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Mussaenda subsessilis'' Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda sutepensis'' Hosseus (1911)
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Mussaenda tenuiflora'' Benth. (1849)
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Mussaenda teysmanniana'' Miq. (1857)
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Mussaenda theifera'' Pierre ex Carr. (1883)
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Mussaenda thorelii'' Pit. (1923)
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Mussaenda tomentosa'' Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
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Mussaenda treutleri'' Stapf (1909)
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Mussaenda tristigmatica'' Cummins (1898)
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Mussaenda ustii'' Alejandro (2008)
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Mussaenda utakwae'' Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
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Mussaenda variolosa'' Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
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Mussaenda vidalii'' Elmer (1911)
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Mussaenda villosa'' Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
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Mussaenda viridiflora'' Alejandro (2008)
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Mussaenda wallichii'' G.Don (1834)
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Mussaenda whitei'' S.Moore (1922)
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Mussaenda wrayi'' King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
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Mussaenda zenkeri'' Wernham (1913)
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Mussaenda zollingeriana'' Klotzsch (1853)
Gallery
File:Mussaenda philippica in Singapore.jpg, '' Mussaenda philippica'' in Singapore
File:Mussaenda pubescens - flower view 01.jpg, '' Mussaenda pubescens'' in China
File:Mussaenda erythrophylla (19) 1200.jpg, '' Mussaenda erythrophylla'' in China
File:Mussaenda philippica leaf.jpg, Leaf of ''Mussaenda philippica''
References
External links
Genus: ''Mussaenda'', iziko museum
''Mussaenda'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae*
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Rubiaceae genera