''Cuviera'' 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 ...

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 Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 ...

native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist

Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in na ...

Description

The species form a homogeneous group that is well characterized by their striped petals, many-flowered inflorescences and usually ant holes in the twigs. The bracts are recaulescent, which means that the first node of the inflorescence is bare and the lowest bracts are inserted at the second node.

Distribution and habitat

The genus is found in the Guineo-Congolian rainforest zone. The centre of diversity is the

Lower Guinean forests The Lower Guinean forests is region of coastal tropical moist broadleaf forest in West Africa, extending along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea from eastern Benin through Nigeria and Cameroon. The Dahomey Gap, a region of savanna and dry for ...

; two species occur in the

Upper Guinean forests The Upper Guinean forests is a tropical seasonal forest region of West Africa. The Upper Guinean forests extend from Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west through Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to Togo in the east, and a few hundred kilometers i ...

, and only '' C. angolensis'' extends into the

Congolian forests The Congolian rainforests are a broad belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forests which extend across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa. They are the only major rainforests which absorb more carbon than the ...

. Most species are relatively light demanding, favouring secondary or riverine forest, but some are found in the understory as well. They often grow in clusters.

Taxonomy

At one time, the genus '' Globulostylis'' was considered as a subgenus of ''Cuviera'', but it has been re-established as an accepted genus.

Species

Accepted species according to the latest revision. * ''

Cuviera acutiflora ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

- from Liberia to Equatorial Guinea * ''

Cuviera angolensis ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' Welw. ex

K.Schum. Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...

- Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of Congo), Cabinda, Angola * ''

Cuviera le-testui ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' Pellegr. - Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of Congo) * ''

Cuviera longiflora ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

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- Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon,

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Cuviera macroura ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

- Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon * ''

Cuviera physinodes ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

- Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon * ''

Cuviera pierrei ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' N.Hallé - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon * ''

Cuviera subuliflora ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

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- Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of Congo), Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea Islands * ''

Cuviera trilocularis ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

- Nigeria, Cameroon * ''

Cuviera truncata ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' Hutch. & Dalziel - Nigeria, Cameroon ;formerly included The following species are excluded from ''Cuviera'' based on morphological and molecular data, some of which have not yet been formally transferred to other genera. * ''Cuviera australis''

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Vangueria lasiantha ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as ''Vangueria madagascariensis, V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy language, Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distri ...

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- Mozambique, South Africa * ''Cuviera bolo'' Aubrèv. & Pellegr. = ''

Robynsia glabrata ''Robynsia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by John Hutchinson and was named after his friend and colleague Walter Robyns.Hutchinson, John. 1931. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 108 The ...

'' Hutch. - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria * ''

Cuviera calycosa ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' Wernham - Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of Congo), Congo-Brazzaville * ''

Cuviera migeodii ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' Verdc. - Tanzania * ''

Cuviera nigrescens ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' (Elliott ex Oliv.) Wernham - from Liberia to Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of Congo) * '' Cuviera schliebenii'' Verdc. - Tanzania, Mozambique * ''

Cuviera semseii ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Description The speci ...

'' Verdc. - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique * ''

Cuviera tomentosa ''Cuviera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae native to tropical Africa. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807 and is named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. Descript ...

'' Verdc. - Tanzania, Mozambique

References

External links

''Cuviera'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5197050 Rubiaceae genera Vanguerieae Flora of Africa