''Randia'', commonly known as indigoberry,
is a mostly
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of shrubs or small trees in the
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 ( ...
.
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
lists a total of 112 accepted species in the genus.
Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus ''
Atractocarpus
''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fro ...
''. These include the garden plants ''
Atractocarpus chartaceus'' and ''
A. fitzalanii''.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
retained the name ''Randia'', applied by Houston to commemorate
Isaac Rand
Isaac Rand (1674–1743) was an English botanist and apothecary, who was a lecturer and director at the Chelsea Physic Garden.
Life
Isaac was probably son of James Rand, who in 1674 agreed, with thirteen other members of the Society of Apothecar ...
.
Species of this genus are generally
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 ...
, with separate male and female plants, although exceptions exist. They are trees, shrubs, and lianas, and may be deciduous or evergreen.
Selected species
Formerly placed here
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Atractocarpus benthamianus
''Atractocarpus benthamianus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae growing in eastern Australia, commonly known as native gardenia. It is an understorey species of subtropical and tropical rainforest on fertile soils. The natu ...
'' (as ''R. benthamiana'' )
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Atractocarpus carolinensis'' (as ''R. carolinensis'' )
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Atractocarpus chartaceus''
(F.Muell.) Puttock (as ''R. chartacea''
(F.Muell.) F.Muell.)
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Atractocarpus crosbyi'' (as ''R. crosbyi'' )
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Atractocarpus decorus'' (as ''R. decora'' )
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Atractocarpus fitzalanii
''Atractocarpus fitzalanii'', commonly known as the brown gardenia or yellow mangosteen, is a species of plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is found in coastal parts of tropical Queensland, Australia. The beautifully scented ...
'' (as ''R. fitzalanii'' )
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Atractocarpus hirtus'' (as ''R. hirta'' )
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Atractocarpus macarthurii'' (as ''R. macarthurii'' )
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Atractocarpus sessilis'' (as ''R. sessilis'' )
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Atractocarpus stipularis'' (as ''Randia stipularis'' )
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Atractocarpus tahitiensis'' (as ''R. tahitiensis'' )
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Atractocarpus tenuiflorus'' (as ''R. tenuiflora'' )
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Atractocarpus versteegii'' (as ''R. versteegii'' )
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Aidia cochinchinensis
''Aidia cochinchinensis'' is the type species of the genus '' Aidia,'' in the family Rubiaceae. ''Aidia cochinchinensis'' is native to south-central China, including Hainan, and Vietnam.
No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life
The ...
''
Lour. (as ''R. henryi''
E.Pritz. or ''R. cochinchinensis''
(Lour.) Merr.)
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Aidia genipiflora''
(DC.) Dandy (as ''R. genipiflora''
DC.)
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Benkara malabarica''
(Lam.) Tirveng. (as ''R. malabarica''
Lam.)
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Benkara sinensis''
(Lour.) Ridsdale (as ''R. sinensis''
(Lour.) Schult.)
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Catunaregam spinosa''
(Thunb.) Tirveng. (as ''R. dumetorum''
(Retz.) Poir. or ''R. spinosa''
(Thunb.) Poir.)
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Catunaregam tomentosa''
(Blume ex DC.) Tirveng. (as ''R. tomentosa''
(Blume ex DC.) Hook.f.)
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Coddia rudis''
(E.Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc. (as ''R. rudis''
E. Mey. ex Harv.)
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Porterandia penduliflora''
(K.Schum.) Keay (as ''R. penduliflora''
K.Schum. or ''R. sericantha''
K.Schum. ex Engl.)
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Rosenbergiodendron formosum''
(Jacq.) Fagerl. (as ''R. formosa''
(Jacq.) K.Schum. or ''R. mussaenda''
(L.f.) DC.)
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Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum''
(Ruiz & Pav.) Fagerl. (as ''R. ruiziana''
DC.)
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Rothmannia longiflora
''Rothmannia longiflora'' a tree to about height and native to tropical Africa, in the family Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of ...
''
Salisb. (as ''R. maculata''
DC.)
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Rothmannia whitfieldii
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of African flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunberg – both were pupils of Carl Linnaeus, Linnae ...
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(Lindl.) Dandy (as ''R. malleifera''
(Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f.)
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Tamilnadia uliginosa''
(Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre (as ''R. uliginosa''
(Retz.) Poir.)
References
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External links
''Randia''at the USDA PLANTS database.
Rubiaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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