''Rudgea'' is a genus of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

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 terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...

. Species include: *'' Rudgea casarettoana'' Müll.Arg. *'' Rudgea crassifolia'' Zappi & E.Lucas *'' Rudgea obesiflora'' Standl. *'' Rudgea parquioides'' (Cham.) Müll.Arg. *'' Rudgea stenophylla'' (Krause) Standl. The name was given by

Richard Anthony Salisbury Richard Anthony Salisbury (born Richard Anthony Markham; 2 May 1761 – 23 March 1829) was a British botanist. While he carried out valuable work in horticultural and botanical sciences, several bitter disputes caused him to be ostracised by hi ...

to honour

Edward Rudge Edward Rudge (27 June 1763 – 3 September 1846) was an English botanist and antiquary. Life He was the son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham. He matriculated ...

in 1806.

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''Rudgea tayloriae'' (Rubiaceae), an Unusual New Species from the Eastern Slopes of the Venezuelan Andes
Gerardo Aymard C., L. J. Dorr and Nidia Cuello ''Novon'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 315–317 Rubiaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubioideae-stub