''Tarenna'' is a
genus
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of
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 ( ...
. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands.
[ They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.][
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Selected species
* ''Tarenna agumbensis
''Tarenna agumbensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Karnataka
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'' Sundararagh.
* '' Tarenna drummondii'' Bridson
* '' Tarenna hoaensis'' Pit.
* '' Tarenna luhomeroensis'' Bridson
* '' Tarenna monosperma'' (Wight
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& Arn.
George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. He collaborated with botanists from around the world and served as a regius professor of botany at the University of Glasgow. An orchid genus ' ...
) D.C.S.Raju
* '' Tarenna nilagirica'' ( Bedd.) Bremek.
* '' Tarenna quadrangularis'' Bremek.
* '' Tarenna sambucina''
* '' Tarenna sechellensis'' (Baker
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History
Ancient histo ...
) Summerh.
Image gallery
File:Tarenna asiatica - flowers.JPG, '' Tarenna asiatica''
File:蘭嶼玉心花Tarenna zeylanica 20200417185624 07.jpg, '' Tarenna asiatica''
File:玉心花屬 Tarenna stellulata -新加坡植物園 Singapore Botanic Gardens- (9219895099).jpg, '' Tarenna stellulata''
References
Rubiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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