''Plocama'' 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

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 ...

. It was described by

William Aiton William Aiton (17312 February 1793) was a Scottish botanist. Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintenden ...

in 1789. It is distributed from the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...

to northwestern

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera were merged into it. There are now about 34 species.Backlund, M., Bremer, B., & Thulin, M. (2007)
Paraphyly of Paederieae, recognition of Putorieae and expansion of ''Plocama'' (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae).
''Taxon'', 56(2), 315-328. Plants of this genus are herbs or shrubs. They generally have an offensive scent when crushed. The leaves are oppositely arranged. The corolla is funnel shaped with a short to long tubular base. The fruit is either a

drupe In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part ( exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kerne ...

or a body that splits into two parts when ripe.

Species

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Plocama afghanica ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera we ...

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Ehrend. Friedrich Ehrendorfer (born 26 July 1927 in Vienna) is a professor emeritus of plant systematics at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna. He is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ...

) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama asperuliformis'' (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama aucheri'' ( Guill.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama botschantzevii'' (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama brevifolia'' (Coss. & Durieu ex Pomel) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama bruguieri'' ( A.Rich. ex

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 ...

) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama bucharica'' (B.Fedtsch. & Des.-Shost.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama calabrica ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' ( L.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama calcicola'' (Puff) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama calycoptera'' (Decne.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama corcyllis'' ( Sond.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama crucianelloides'' (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama dubia'' (Aitch. & Hemsl.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama eriantha ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama hymenostephana ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama iljinii ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae gene ...

'' (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama inopinata'' (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama jolana ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' (Thulin) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama kandaharensis ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

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& Qarar ex (Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama macrantha ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' (Blatt. & Hallb.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama mestscherjakovii'' (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama olivieri ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

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Plocama pendula ''Plocama pendula'' is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae, endemic to the Canary islands. It is a shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants ...

Aiton Aiton may refer to: People *Aiton (surname) *Standard author abbreviation of William Aiton (1731 – 1793), Scottish botanist Places * Aiton, Cluj, a commune in Romania * Aiton, Savoie, a commune in France Other uses * Tai Aiton people, one of ...

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Plocama puberula ''Plocama puberula'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Socotra archipelago of Yemen. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic fac ...

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Balf.f. Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxfo ...

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Plocama putorioides ''Plocama putorioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Socotra archipelago of Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a ...

'' (Radcl.-Sm.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama reboudiana'' (Coss. & Durieu) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama rosea'' ( Hemsl. ex Aitch.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama somaliensis'' (Puff) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama szowitzii ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' (DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama thymoides ''Plocama thymoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Socotra archipelago of Yemen, where it occurs in semi-deciduous woodland habitat. It is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN under the bas ...

'' (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama tinctoria ''Plocama tinctoria'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to northern Somalia and the Socotra archipelago of Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is listed by the IUCN ...

'' (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama trichophylla ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera w ...

'' (Popov) M.Backlund & Thulin # ''

Plocama vassilczenkoi ''Plocama'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India. The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera we ...

'' (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin # '' Plocama yemenensis'' (Thulin) M.Backlund & Thulin

References

External links

World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3355905 Rubiaceae genera