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492.0000 Family Rubiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 196 (1789), nom. cons.
589 genera, ca. 14.200 spp. mostly tropics, comparably few temperate. Phylogeny: Razafimandimbison & Rydin (2024)
Species listed in database: 14370; hybrids: 47
= Aparinaceae Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portug. [Hoffmannsegg] 2: 3, 38 (1813-1829)
= Asperulaceae Cham. ex Spenn.; Handb. Angew. Bot. 2: 493 (1835)
= Catesbaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 111 (1820)
= Cephalanthaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 86 (1820)
= Cinchonaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 234 (1802)
= Coffeaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 233 (1802)
= Coutareaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 168 (1820)
= Dialypetalanthaceae Rizzini & Occhioni; Lilloa 17: 253 (1948), nom. cons.
= Galiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 249 (1836)
= Gardeniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 29, 32 (1829)
= Guettardaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 235 (1802)
= Hameliaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 31 (1835)
= Hedyotidaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 57 (1822)
= Henriqueziaceae Bremek.; Acta Bot. Neerl. 6 (Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 141): 371 (1957)
= Houstoniaceae Raf.; Good Book 21 (1840)
= Hydrophylacaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 318 (1820)
= Lippayaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 156, Comm. 112 (1838)
= Lygodisodeaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 123, 207 (1830)
= Naucleaceae Wernham; New Phytol. 11: 225 (1912)
= Nonateliaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 420 (1820)
= Operculariaceae Juss. ex Perleb; Vers. Arzneikr. Pfl. 207 (1818)
= Pagamaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Psychotriaceae F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg. 49 (1830)
= Randiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 534 (1820)
= Sabiceaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 555 (1820)
= Spermacoceaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 256 (1820)
= Theligonaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 15, 17 (1829), nom. cons.
492.6102 Genus Hamelia Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 2 (1760), Select. Stirp. Am. 71 (1763)
Distribution: America from Florida and Mexico to Paraguay, Caribbean
Species listed in database: 16
= Duhamelia Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Lonicera Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 157 (1763)
= Tangaraca Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 143 (1763)
species :
Hamelia axillaris Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 46 (1788)
Name: Buzunuco, Deshierba conuco (Dominican Republic), Balsamillo, Balsamo amarillo (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. Thomas); Saba; St. Kitts; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Miranda, Yaracuy, Zulia); French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE SAB STK TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Duhamelia axillaris (Sw.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 (1805)
= Hamelia appendiculata C.F.Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 3: 64 (1805)
= Hamelia axillaris var. appendiculata (C.F.Gaertn.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 442 (1830)
= Hamelia axillaris var. breviflora (A.Rich.) Borhidi; Acta Bot. Hung. 51(3-4): 276 (2009)
= Hamelia breviflora A.Rich.; Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 17 (1850)
= Hamelia chrysantha Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 3: 204 (1791)
= Hamelia declinata Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic. 66 (1894)
= Hamelia lucida Desf.; Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 135 (1815)
= Hamelia lutea J.B.Rohr ex Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 17: no. 4 (1811)
species :
Hamelia barbata Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 115 (1940)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras
79 MEX 80 GUA HON
species :
Hamelia calycosa Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 12: 132 (1887)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Chocó, La Guajira, Valle); Ecuador; Peru
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia boyacana Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 213 (1936)
= Hamelia chiapensis Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 71 (1914)
= Hamelia klugii Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(6): 96 (1936)
species :
Hamelia chrysantha Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 46 (1788)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Duhamelia chrysantha (Sw.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 (1805)
species :
Hamelia cuprea Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 320 (1861)
Name: Corail (Haiti)
Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti
81 CUB HIS JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia cuprea var. haitiensis Urb.; Ark. Bot. 17(7): 57 (1921)
species :
Hamelia longipes Standl.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 37: 53 (1924)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC
species :
Hamelia macrantha Little; Caribbean Forest. 9: 274 (1948)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Córdoba, Valle); Ecuador; Peru
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia grandiflora Spruce ex Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 209 (1911), nom. illeg.
species :
Hamelia magnifolia Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 210 (1911)
Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco); Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Chocó)
79 MEX 80 COS PAN 82 CLM
species :
Hamelia papillosa Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 508 (1908)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia scabrida Britton; Torreya 12: 31 (1912)
species :
Hamelia patens Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 16 (1760)
Name: Scarletbush
Distribution: La Réunion [I]; China [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; India [c]; Maldives [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Philippines [c]; Jawa [I]; USA (Florida); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. Thomas); Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent; Tobago; Trinidad; San Andrés y Providencia (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Ceará, Paraíba, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Neembucu, Paraguari, San Pedro); Argentina (Chaco, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán)
29 reu 36 chi 38 tai 40 ban ind mdv pak 41 mya 42 jaw phi 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH CUB DOM GDL HIS JAM MAR NAV PUE STV TRT VIR 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 (1805)
= Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 (1805)
= Hamelia brittoniana Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 346 (1911)
= Hamelia coccinea Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 46 (1788)
= Hamelia corymbosa Sessé & Moc.; Naturaleza (Mexico City), Ser. 2, 1(App.): 37 (1888)
= Hamelia erecta Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 16 (1760)
= Hamelia intermedia Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 24A(4): 46 (1932)
= Hamelia lanuginosa M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 233 (1844)
= Hamelia latifolia Rchb. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 442 (1830)
= Hamelia ovata Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 211 (1911)
= Hamelia patens var. axillaroides Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 216 (1911)
= Hamelia patens var. erecta (Jacq.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 442 (1830)
= Hamelia patens var. quinifolia DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 442 (1830)
= Hamelia sphaerocarpa Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 2: 69 (1799)
= Hamelia verticillata Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 442 (1830)
= Schoenleinia thyrsoidea Miers; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 186 (1864)
variant :
var. glabra Oerst.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 1, 3: 42 (1853)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz, etc.); Nicaragua; Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
79 MEX 80 NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 267 (1819)
= Hamelia brachystemon Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 216 (1911)
= Hamelia nodosa M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11: 234 (1844)
= Hamelia pedicellata Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 212 (1911)
= Hamelia suaveolens Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 414 (1818)
= Hamelia tubiflora Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 212 (1911)
= Hamelia viridifolia Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 213 (1911)
species :
Hamelia rostrata Bartl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 442 (1830)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia versicolor A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 416 (1887)
species :
Hamelia rovirosae Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 211 (1911)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia patens var. coronata Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 40: 4 (1905)
= Hamelia purpurascens S.F.Blake; Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 105 (1917)
species :
Hamelia sanguinea Elías; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 26(4): 116 (1976)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia)
80 PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia pauciflora Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 139 (1916)
species :
Hamelia ventricosa Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 46 (1788)
Name: Prince wood (Jamaica)
Distribution: Jamaica; Hispaniola
81 HIS JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Campanula arborescens P.Browne ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 266 (1841), nom. inval.
= Duhamelia pauciflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 267 (1819)
= Duhamelia ventricosa (Sw.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 (1805)
= Hamelia grandiflora L´Hér.; Sert. Angl. 4: t. 7 (1788)
= Hamelia pauciflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Willd. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 765 (1824)
species :
Hamelia xerocarpa Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 284 (1891)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Nariño, Risaralda, Valle)
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia costaricensis Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 207 (1919)
= Hamelia haughtii Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 116 (1940)
= Hamelia magniloba Wernham; J. Bot. 49: 209 (1911)
= Hamelia panamensis Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20, 208 (1919)
= Hamelia rowleei Standl.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 7 (1925)
= Hamelia storkii Standl.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 7 (1925)
= Hamelia xerocarpa var. costaricensis (Standl.) Elias; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 26(4): 119 (1976)
species :
Hamelia xorullensis Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 414 (1818)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Hamelia hypomalaca B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 406 (1910)
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