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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.
492.7514 Genus Meyna Roxb. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 32 (1820)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Comoro Isl., S- and Southeast Asia. Status uncertain, possibly a synonym of Vangueria.
Species listed in database: 9
species :
Meyna grisea (King & Gamble) Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 240 (1928)
Distribution: Myanmar (Yangon); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Langkawi Isl.); Jawa; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.)
41 MYA THA 42 JAW LSI MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Canthium griseum King & Gamble; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 62 (1904)
= Plectronia grisea (King & Gamble) F.N.Williams; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 953 (1905)
= Vangueria grisea (King & Gamble) Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 59: 116 (1911)
species :
Meyna laxiflora Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 228 (1928)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND
species :
Meyna parviflora Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 232 (1928)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Meyna peltata Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 240 (1928)
Distribution: N-Myanmar
41 MYA
species :
Meyna pierrei Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 236 (1928)
Distribution: Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD LAO VIE
species :
Meyna pubescens (Kurz) Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 235 (1928)
Distribution: Nepal; India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Vietnam
40 BAN IND NEP 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Vangueria pubescens Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 41(2): 314 (1872)
= Vangueria spinosa var. mollis Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 136 (1880)
species :
Meyna spinosa Roxb. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 32 (1820)
Distribution: Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (widespread); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Pyrostria spinosa (Roxb. ex Link) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 313 (1857)
= Vangueria miqueliana Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46(2): 153 (1877)
= Vangueria mollis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 8411 (1847), nomen
= Vangueria pyrostria Boerl.; Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. [Boerlage] 2(1): 134 (1891)
= Vangueria spinosa (Roxb. ex Link) Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 172 (1824)
= Vangueria spinosa var. mollis Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 136 (1880)
= Vangueria spinosa var. tomentosa Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 302 (1924)
= Vangueria stellata Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 167 (1837)
species :
Meyna tetraphylla Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 233 (1928)
subspecies :
subsp. tetraphylla
Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya
24 ETH SSU 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canthium tetraphyllum (Schweinf. ex Hiern) Baill.; Adansonia 12: 192 (1878)
= Vangueria tetraphylla Schweinf. ex Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 152 (1877)
subspecies :
subsp. comorensis (Robyns) Verdc.; Kew Bull. 36: 540 (1981)
Distribution: Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Comores
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 29 COM
Synonyms: hidden
= Meyna comorensis Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 233 (1928)
species :
Meyna velutina Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 237 (1928)
Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia
41 CBD LAO MYA THA
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