''Coptophyllum'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
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 ...
. The genus is found from the
Nicobar Islands to western
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. ...
.
Species
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Coptophyllum bracteatum''
Korth.
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Coptophyllum capitatum''
Miq.
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies.
Early life
Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Gro ...
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Coptophyllum fulvum''
(Zoll.
Heinrich Zollinger (22 March 1818 – 19 May 1859) was a Swiss botanist.
Zollinger was born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland.
From 1837 to 1838 he studied botany at the University of Geneva under Augustin and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, but had ...
& Moritzi) Bakh.f.
Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr. (11 September 1911, Panjinangan, Sukabumi Regency, Java – 1 May 1987, Leiden) was a Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch lan ...
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Coptophyllum nicobaricum''
(N.P.Balakr) Deb & Rout
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Coptophyllum reptans''
(Backer ex Bremek.
Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist.
He received his education at the University of Utrecht, and performed as a botanical researcher in Indonesia and South Africa. In South ...
) Bakh.f.
Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr. (11 September 1911, Panjinangan, Sukabumi Regency, Java – 1 May 1987, Leiden) was a Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch lan ...
*''
Coptophyllum simalurense''
(Bremek.
Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist.
He received his education at the University of Utrecht, and performed as a botanical researcher in Indonesia and South Africa. In South ...
) A.P.Davis
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Coptophyllum sylvestre''
(Ridl.
Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees i ...
) I.M.Turner
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Coptophyllum vanleeuwenii''
(Bremek.
Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist.
He received his education at the University of Utrecht, and performed as a botanical researcher in Indonesia and South Africa. In South ...
) A.P.Davis
References
External links
''Coptophyllum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Ophiorrhizeae
{{Rubioideae-stub