''Pyrostria'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
dioecious
Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), 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 Petiole ( ...
. Most of the species are endemic to
Madagascar
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, others occur on islands in the western
Indian Ocean
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(
Mauritius
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,
Comoros
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,
Réunion
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,
Rodrigues
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,
Socotra
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), a few are found in continental
Africa
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, and only six species occur in tropical
Southeast Asia
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. The formerly recognized genus ''Leroya'', containing two
species
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endemic to
Madagascar
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, ''L. madagascariensis'' and ''L. richardiae'', was sunk into synonymy with ''Pyrostria''.
Species
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Pyrostria affinis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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( Robyns) Bridson
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Pyrostria alaotrensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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Arènes ex Cavaco
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Pyrostria alluaudii
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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Arènes ex Cavaco
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Pyrostria ambongensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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(Homolle ex Arènes) Razafim. Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria ampijoroensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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(Arènes) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria amporoforensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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Cavaco
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Pyrostria analamazaotrensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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Arènes ex Cavaco
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Pyrostria andilanensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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Cavaco
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Pyrostria andringitrensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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(Cavaco) Kainulainen & Razafim.
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Pyrostria angustifolia
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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(A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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 ...
) Kainulainen & Razafim.
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Pyrostria anjouanensis''
Arènes ex Cavaco
* ''
Pyrostria ankaranensis''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz, B.Bremer
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Pyrostria ankazobeensis''
Arènes ex Cavaco
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Pyrostria antsalovensis''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria antsirananensis''
Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria asosa''
(Arènes) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria bibracteata''
(Baker
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History
Ancient histo ...
) Cavaco
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Pyrostria bispathacea
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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(Mildbr.) Bridson
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Pyrostria breonii''
( Baill.) Cavaco
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Pyrostria brunnescens''
(Craib) Utteridge & A.P.Davis
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Pyrostria capuronii''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria chapmanii''
Bridson
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Pyrostria cochinchinensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
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(Pierre ex Pit.) Utteridge & A.P.Davis
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Pyrostria commersonii''
J.F.Gmel.
Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German natural history, naturalist, chemist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist.
Education
Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp F ...
* ''
Pyrostria cordifolia''
A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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 ...
* ''
Pyrostria elmeri''
(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 ...
) Arriola, Meve & Alejandro
* ''
Pyrostria fasciculata''
Bojer ex Baker
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History
Ancient histo ...
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Pyrostria ferruginea''
Verdc.
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Pyrostria heliconioides''
Mouly
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Pyrostria hystrix''
( Bremek.) Bridson
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Pyrostria inflata''
(Cavaco) A.P.Davis
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Pyrostria isomonensis''
(Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Govaerts
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Pyrostria italyensis
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotr ...
''
(Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Govaerts
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Pyrostria ixorifolia''
(Homolle ex Arènes) Razafim., Lantz, B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria lobulata''
Bridson
* ''
Pyrostria longiflora''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria louvelii''
Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria macrophylla''
A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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 ...
* ''
Pyrostria madagascariensis''
Lecomte
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Pyrostria major''
(A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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 ...
) Kainulainen & Razafim.
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Pyrostria mandrarensis''
(Cavaco) Kainulainen & Razafim.
* ''
Pyrostria media
''Pyrostria'' is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Réunion, Rodrigues, Socotra), a few are foun ...
''
(A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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 ...
) Kainulainen & Razafim.
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Pyrostria montana''
(Arènes) Kainulainen & Razafim.
* ''
Pyrostria neriifolia''
(Homolle ex Arènes) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria obovatifolia''
(Merr.) A.E.D.Wong, Magdaleno & Alejandro
* ''
Pyrostria oleifolia''
(Homolle ex Arènes) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria oligophlebia''
(Merr.) Pacia, Quiogue & Alejandro
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Pyrostria orbicularis''
A.Rich.
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852).
Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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 ...
* ''
Pyrostria pendula''
Lantz, Klack. & Razafim.
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Pyrostria perrieri''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria phyllanthoidea''
( Baill.) Bridson
* ''
Pyrostria pseudocommersonii''
Cavaco
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Pyrostria ramosii''
(Merr.) Arriola, Parag. & Alejandro
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Pyrostria revoluta
''Pyrostria revoluta'', formerly ''Scyphochlamys revoluta'', is a species of flowering plant in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae that lives on the island of Rodrigues.
Distribution and conservation
''Pyrostria revoluta'' is found on Rodrig ...
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(Balf.f.) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria richardiae''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria sambavensis''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria sarodranensis''
Cavaco
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Pyrostria serpentina''
Lantz, Klack. & Razafim.
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Pyrostria socotrana''
(Radcl.-Sm.) Bridson
* ''
Pyrostria suarezensis''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
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Pyrostria triflora''
Arriola, Calaramo & Alejandro
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Pyrostria tulearensis''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria urschii''
Arènes ex Cavaco
* ''
Pyrostria uzungwaensis''
Bridson
* ''
Pyrostria variistipula''
Arènes ex Cavaco
* ''
Pyrostria verdcourtii''
(Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
* ''
Pyrostria viburnoides''
(Baker
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History
Ancient histo ...
) Verdc.
References
External links
World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3076901
Rubiaceae genera
Vanguerieae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Dioecious plants
Paleotropical flora