''Benkara'' is a

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s in the family

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. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the

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, south to

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and the Philippines. It was described by

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in 1763.Adanson, Michel. 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 85, ''Benkara''
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Species

* '' Benkara armigera'' ( K.Schum.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia * '' Benkara depauperata'' (

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) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam * '' Benkara emanuelssoniana'' ( Lour.) Ridsdale - Palawan * '' Benkara esculenta'' ( Lour.) Ridsdale - Vietnam * '' Benkara evenosa'' (

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) Ridsdale - Yunnan * '' Benkara fasciculata'' ( Roxb.) Ridsdale - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines * '' Benkara forrestii'' (J.Anthony) Ridsdale - Yunnan, Thailand * '' Benkara griffithii'' (

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) Ridsdale - China, Assam, Bhutan * '' Benkara hoaensis'' (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Vietnam * '' Benkara malabarica'' ( Lam.) Tirveng - India, Sri Lanka * '' Benkara microcarpa'' ( Bartl. ex

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) Ridsdale - Philippines * '' Benkara miquelii'' (Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale - Java * '' Benkara ovoidea'' (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam * '' Benkara parviflora'' (

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) Ridsdale - Peninsular Malaysia * '' Benkara pierrei'' (Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Vietnam * '' Benkara rectispina'' (

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) Ridsdale - Hainan * '' Benkara scandens'' ( Thunb.) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam, Philippines * '' Benkara sinensis'' ( Lour.) Ridsdale - China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands)

References

External links

''Benkara'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Gardenieae Rubiaceae genera Taxa named by Michel Adanson {{Ixoroideae-stub