Rudgea
Rudgea is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae.
| Rudgea | |
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| Rudgea skutchii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Palicoureeae |
| Genus: | Rudgea Salisb.[1][2] |
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 to honour Edward Rudge in 1806.[3][4]
References
- "Rudgea". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- Salisbury, R.A. (1807) Description of a new Genus in the Natural Order of Rubiaceæ, called Rudgea. (p.325) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London. 8:325
- Woodward, Bernard Barham (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
citing: (Trans. of Linn. Soc. viii. 326)
- Salisbury, R.A. (1807) Description of a new Genus in the Natural Order of Rubiaceæ, called Rudgea. (p.326) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London. 8:326
External links
- 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
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