Atractocarpus
''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", from the spindle-shaped fruit of the type species. Taxonomy Defined by botanists Rudolf Schlechter and Kurt Krause in 1908, the type species is ''Atractocarpus bracteatus'', which is found only on New Caledonia.Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf & Krause, Kurt. 1908. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40 Beibl. 92: 43. Subsequently, several other species were described from New Caledonia. Meanwhile, the genera '' Randia'' and ''Gardenia'' had been used as wastebasket taxa, where many species that had been difficult to place had been placed by default. Several Australian species of the genus ''Randia'' were found to be not closely related to Neotropical species and were transferred in a revi ...
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