madder family
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a 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 interpetiolar stipules. The family contains about 13,500 species in 611 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the (sub)tropics. Economic importance includes Coffea, the source of coffee, Cinchona,...
15 branches of this family, most-observed first
Rubioideae
subfamilyRubioideae
Ixoroideae
subfamilyIxoroideae
Cinchonoideae
subfamilyCinchonoideae
Coptosapelta
genusCoptosapelta
Acranthera
genusAcranthera
Colleteria
genusColleteria
Hyperacanthus septentrionale
speciesHyperacanthus septentrionale
Benzonia
genusBenzonia
Motleyothamnus
genusMotleyothamnus
Pseudodiplospora
genusPseudodiplospora
Holtonia
genusHoltonia
Streblosiopsis
genusStreblosiopsis
Etericius
genusEtericius
Renistipula
genusRenistipula
Riqueuria
genusRiqueuria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47693.