The plant list contains a working list of plants of the world. Rubiaceae definition of rubiaceae by merriamwebster. A phase ii trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy sbrt in the treatment of patients with. Rubiaceae are an easily recognizable family characterized by opposite leaves that are simple and entire, with interpetiolar stipules, tubular sympetalous corollas and an inferior ovary. Species of rubiaceae contained within the plant list belong to 617 plant genera. The family is closely related to adoxaceae and caprifoliaceae in the presence of inferior ovary, actinomorphic and hermaphrodite flowers.
Twentynine other genera also have more than 100 species. This page was last edited on 15 december 2019, at 22. Characters, distribution and types biology discussion. Rubiaceae definition of rubiaceae by the free dictionary. Rubiaceae widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs. Perianth is of 4 sepals and 4 petals in a cruciform crosslike arrangement. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Rubiaceae, the madder family order gentianales of flowering plants, consisting of 611 genera with more than,150 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. The family contains about,500 species in 611 genera, which makes it the fourthlargest angiosperm family. Some morphological features that are characteristic of the rubiaceae have been. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules. According to the world checklist of rubiaceae, 611 genera and,143 species were accepted as of 2009.
Fruit characteristics, life forms, and species richness in the plant family rubiaceae. A small tree, 28 m tall, with characteristic horizontal branching. Raphides are tiny, needleshaped crystals that are produced in groups inside some cells of leaf, stem, flower, and fruit tissues. The family is an intimate domestic group made up of people related to one another by bonds of blood, sexual mating or legal ties. A list of all accepted names in rubiaceae is available in csv format. Plant soft and fleshy with smooth stems and leaves. The rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Note that in the species of tribe rubieae the genera galium, rubia and sherardia in zimbabwe the distinction between leaves and stipules breaks down and there are. Rubiaceae qian cao ke chen tao 1, zhu hua 2, chen jiarui chen chiajui3. Description of important plants in semitechnical language. Pimenov5 herbs, annual or perennial, rarely woody at base. Rubiaceae synonyms, rubiaceae pronunciation, rubiaceae translation, english dictionary definition of rubiaceae.
Lamiaceae is distributed nearly worldwide, and many species are cultivated for their fragrant leaves and attractive flowers. We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. Pronunciation of rubiaceae with 3 audio pronunciations, 3 synonyms, 5 translations and more for rubiaceae. In the coffee family rubiaceae, certain species closely interact with endophytic leaf bacteria that are freely distributed among the mesophyll. About the classification report about the classification download. Rubiaceae definition is a family of mostly tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees order rubiales of very diverse habits having opposite stipulate leaves and regular flowers with the stamens borne on the corolla tube and a 1 to 10celled ovary usually with numerous ovules that becomes in fruit a capsule, a berry, or one or more distinct nutlets.
A few occur in temperate regions, when they are herbaceous. The members of this family are distributed in tropics, subtropics and temperate regions. Pdf fruit characteristics, life forms, and species richness in the. Plant habit and habitatleavesinflorescenceflower corolla calyx gynoecium androeciumplacentationfruitseeds 4. It is the smallest and most basic social unit, which is also the most important primary group found in any society. Trees, shrubs, annual or perennial herbs or climbers.
Economically important species include coffee and numerous ornamental plants. If the generic name is for an accepted genus, it will appear in bold italics followed by the authors. Several species of the rubiaceae family are commonly well known, with the. Genera, tribes, and subfamilies of rubiaceae characteristically either have or lack raphides. Initial attempts of dating clades used a strict molecularclock. This study describes some characteristics of the rubiaceae family pertaining to the occurrence and distribution of secondary metabolites in the main genera of this family. Help pages, faqs, uniprotkb manual, documents, news archive and biocuration projects. Contrary to the family of violet plants see chapter 2, for which to date every analyzed species has been confirmed to contain cyclotides, the occurrence within rubiaceae is not that clear and by far not every species sampled has been identified to contain cyclotides. Coffee beans coffea contain the purinetype alkaloid caffeine, which prolongs the useful life of many hormones, but especially adrenaline. Rubiaceae, the madder family order gentianales of flowering plants, consisting of 611 genera with more than 150 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees.
Michele funston4, christian puff5 1 fairy lake botanical garden, 160 xianhu road, liantang, shenzhen, guangdong 518004, peoples republic of china. Plants of the madder family if you are a coffee drinker, then the madder family could be a real eyeopener. Exceptionally, there are some plants that have only a single leaf at each node, alternating from one side to the other. These species include trees, shrubs, lianas, and herbs, with opposite to whorled leaves and stipules. Use the browse function to explore the taxonomic hierarchy embedded within the plant list. Because only one taxon luculia was included in the study, the crown age of the family could not be estimated. There are three methods of setting positions using a rotary table. Rubiaceae stipules have a wide variety of forms, and are often important characters for vegetative identification of the plants. Flowers are actinomorphic and without subtending bracts ebracteate. The major evolutionary lineages of the coffee family rubiaceae. Belonging to the family rubiaceae, the genus coffea comprises of around 125. Characteristic for the rubiaceae is the presence of stipules that are mostly fused. The species included are grouped into 16167 genera, 620 families and 4 major groups. The rubiaceae are trees, shrubs, or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms.
This is one of the largest flowering plant families, with around 7000 species, most of them occuring in tropical regions of the world, where they are mainly woody trees and shrubs. Detailed, up to date information can be found on world checklist of rubiaceae. Lamiaceae, the mint family of flowering plants, with 236 genera and more than 7,000 species, the largest family of the order lamiales. At this point, it has to be mentioned that the family of violet plants only comprise around 800 species compared to. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Genera for a full list, see list of rubiaceae genera. Pdf analysis of diversity, distribution and endemism of the family rubiaceae for southern assam has been made.
The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled. Unbroken leaf margins, leaves opposite to each other with stipules or in whorls, tubular sympetalous actinomorphic corollas, inferior ovary, and leaflike appendages at the base of the. Rubiaceae family characteristics pdf a phase ii trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy sbrt in the treatment of. Stipules present, usually interpetiolar, less often intrapetiolar, entire or in some herbaceous genera with lobes or fimbriae. From the point of view of its economic importance, the family is of great value. Iridoids, anthraquinones, triterpenes, indole alkaloids as well as other varying alkaloid subclasses, have.
Apiaceae umbelliferae san xing ke she menglan sheh menglan1, pu fading pu fating2, pan zehui 1. Thus, the inherent quality characteristics of the plant strain are revealed in the cup. Rubiaceae is the fourth largest family within angiosperm magnoliophyta plants. The plant list includes 31,167 scientific plant names of species rank for the family rubiaceae. It contains about 611 genera and more than,150 species, which are found worldwide in most habitats. The rubiaceae family is characterized by the production of bioactive metabolites with great pharmacological potential.