''Acranthera'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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. It is found from
India
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to South Central
China
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south to Borneo and the Philippines.
Species
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Acranthera abbreviata''
Valeton
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Acranthera anamallica''
Bedd.
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Acranthera athroophlebia''
Bremek.
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Acranthera atropella''
Stapf
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Acranthera aurantiaca''
Valeton ex Bremek.
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Acranthera axilliflora''
Valeton
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Acranthera bullata''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
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Acranthera capitata''
Valeton
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Acranthera ceylanica''
Arn.
George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. He collaborated with botanists from around the world and served as a regius professor of botany at the University of Glasgow. An orchid genus ' ...
ex Meisn.
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist.
Biography
Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
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Acranthera didymocarpa''
( Ridl.) K.M.Wong
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Acranthera endertii''
Bremek.
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Acranthera frutescens''
Valeton
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Acranthera grandiflora''
Bedd.
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Acranthera hallieri''
Valeton
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Acranthera hirtostipula''
Valeton
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Acranthera involucrata''
Valeton
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Acranthera johannis-winkleri''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
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Acranthera lanceolata''
Valeton
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Acranthera longipes''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
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Acranthera longipetiolata''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
ex Bremek.
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Acranthera maculata''
Valeton
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Acranthera megaphylla''
Bremek.
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Acranthera monantha''
Valeton
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Acranthera nieuwenhuisii''
Valeton ex Bremek.
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Acranthera ophiorhizoides''
Valeton
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Acranthera parviflora''
Valeton
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Acranthera philippensis''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
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Acranthera ruttenii''
Bremek.
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Acranthera salmonea''
Bremek.
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Acranthera siamensis''
(Kerr) Bremek.
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Acranthera siliquosa''
Bremek.
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Acranthera simalurensis''
Bremek.
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Acranthera sinensis''
C.Y.Wu
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Acranthera strigosa''
Valeton
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Acranthera tomentosa''
R.Br. ex Hook.f.
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Acranthera variegata''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
* ''
Acranthera velutinervia''
Bremek.
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Acranthera virescens''
( Ridl.) ined.
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Acranthera yatesii''
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
References
External links
World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Coptosapelteae
Flora of the Indomalayan realm
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