''Ceriscoides'' 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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. The genus is found from the
Hainan
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province to tropical Asia.
Species
* ''
Ceriscoides campanulata''
( Roxb.) Tirveng.
* ''
Ceriscoides celebica''
Azmi
* ''
Ceriscoides curranii''
(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 ...
) Tirveng.
* ''
Ceriscoides howii''
H.S.Lo
* ''
Ceriscoides imbakensis''
Azmi
* ''
Ceriscoides kerrii''
Azmi
* ''
Ceriscoides mamillata''
(Craib) Tirveng.
* ''
Ceriscoides parvifolia''
Azmi
* ''
Ceriscoides perakensis''
(King
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& Gamble
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) K.M.Wong
* ''
Ceriscoides sessiliflora''
(Wall.
Nathaniel Wolff Wallich (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East Indi ...
ex C.B.Clarcke) Tirveng.
* ''
Ceriscoides turgida''
( Roxb.) Tirveng.
References
External links
''Ceriscoides'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Gardenieae
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