''Rondeletia'' is a

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. It is

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.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. There are around 160 species.''Rondeletia'' At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see ''External links'' below). '' Rondeletia odorata'' is widely grown as an

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.George W. Staples and Derral R. Herbst "A Tropical Garden Flora" Bishop Museum Press: Honolulu (2005) Several other species are also known in cultivation.Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. (set) ''Rondeletia'' was named in 1753 by

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in his book, ''

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''.''Rondeletia'' in International Plant Names Index. (see ''External links'' below).Carl Linnaeus. 1753. ''Species Plantarum'' 1: 172 (see External links below). This

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Guillaume Rondelet Guillaume Rondelet (27 September 150730 July 1566), also known as Rondeletus/Rondeletius, was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France and Chancellor of the University between 1556 and his death in 1566. He ...

(1507-1566).Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume IV. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. (set). (see ''External links'' below). The

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for ''Rondeletia'' is '' Rondeletia americana''.''Rondeletia'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In:

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(see ''External links'' below). It is little known and rarely collected. The

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of ''Rondeletia'' has varied greatly from one author to another. ''

Rogiera ''Rogiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has 15 species and its native range is from Mexico to Colombia. '' Rogiera amoena'', ''Rogiera cordata'', and ''Rogiera gratissima'' are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals ...

'', ''

Arachnothryx ''Arachnothryx'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains about 107 species. It is found from Mexico to Peru and in Trinidad. Taxonomy ''Arachnothryx'' was named by Jules Émile Planchon in 1849.''Arachnothryx'' In: I ...

'', and a few others have been included in ''Rondeletia'' by some authors, but

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have shown that they are closer to ''

Guettarda ''Guettarda'' is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed. Distribution Most of the species are Neotropical.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). C ...

'' than to ''Rondeletia'', and they are now recognized as separate genera.Ulrika Manns and Birgitta Bremer. 2010. "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 56(1):21-39. Even with these segregates removed, ''Rondeletia'' remains

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and will be substantially revised after further

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study.

Species

154 species are currently accepted. *'' Rondeletia acunae'' *'' Rondeletia adamsii'' *'' Rondeletia alaternoides'' *'' Rondeletia americana'' *'' Rondeletia amplexicaulis'' *'' Rondeletia anguillensis'' *'' Rondeletia anomala'' *'' Rondeletia apiculata'' *'' Rondeletia areolata'' *'' Rondeletia arida'' *'' Rondeletia aristeguietae'' *'' Rondeletia aurantiaca'' *'' Rondeletia avenia'' *'' Rondeletia azuensis'' *'' Rondeletia azulensis'' *'' Rondeletia baracoensis'' *'' Rondeletia barahonensis'' *'' Rondeletia belizensis'' *'' Rondeletia berteroana'' *''

Rondeletia bicolor ''Rondeletia bicolor'' is a species of redmouth whalefish known only from the western Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers ...

Formerly placed here

*'' Arachnothryx galeottii'' (as ''Rondeletia galeottii'' ) *'' Arachnothryx peruviana'' (as ''Rondeletia peruviana'' ) *'' Jamaicanthus laurifolius'' (as ''Rondeletia laurifolia'' *'' Stevensia ovatifolia'' (as ''Rondeletia ovatifolia'' ) *'' Tainus pitreanus'' (as ''Rondeletia pitreana'' )

Species

Formerly placed here

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