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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.
492.8409 Genus Alibertia A.Rich.; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 234, t. 21 (1830)
Distribution: Tropical America, 1 Caribbean
Species listed in database: 16
= Borojoa Cuatrec.; Secr. Agric. Ganad. Serv. Divulg. Ser. Bot. Aplicada 2: 474 (1949)
= Garapatica H.Karst.; Fl. Columb. [Karsten] 1: 57 (1860)
= Gardeniola Cham.; Linnaea 9: 247 (1834)
= Genipella Rich. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 443 (1830)
= Scepseothamnus Cham.; Linnaea 9: 248 (1834)
= Thieleodoxa Cham.; Linnaea 9: 251 (1834)
species :
Alibertia atlantica (Dwyer) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Novon 21(1): 135 (2011)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama (Colon)
80 COS NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa atlantica Dwyer; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 46 (1980)
species :
Alibertia bertierifolia K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 384 (1889)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Chocó, Putumayo); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Pará, Rondônia)
80 PAN 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alibertia stenantha Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 170 (1930)
= Cordiera bertierifolia (K.Schum.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
species :
Alibertia claviflora K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 387 (1889)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Acre)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa claviflora (K.Schum.) Cuatrec.; Acta Agron. 3: 95 (1953)
= Cordiera claviflora (K.Schum.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
species :
Alibertia curviflora K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 387 (1889)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni); Brazil (Acre, Rondônia)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cordiera curviflora (K.Schum.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
variant :
var. loretana Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 72 (2017)
Distribution: Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Pastaza); Peru (Loreto)
83 ECU PER
species :
Alibertia duckeana Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 73 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); Ecuador (Orellana); Peru (Loreto); Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)
82 CLM 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa duckei Steyerm.; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 26: 478 (1966)
species :
Alibertia dwyeri Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Novon 21(1): 136 (2011), nom. nov.
Distribution: Panama (Cocle, Panama)
80 PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa panamensis Dwyer; Phytologia 17: 446 (1968)
species :
Alibertia edulis (Rich.) A.Rich. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 443 (1830)
Name: Guayabita de Cuba, Guayabita del pinar, Pitajoni, Pitajoni hembra (Cuba)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Martinique; San Andrés y Providencia (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Meta, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Monagas, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Paraguay (Amambay, Concepcion, Pres. Hayes)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB MAR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Alibertia acuminata (Benth.) Sandwith; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 470 (1931)
= Alibertia hexagyna H.Karst.; Linnaea 30: 14 (1859 publ. 1860)
= Alibertia longistipulata L.Riley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 122 (1927)
= Alibertia nitidula (Bremek.) L.Andersson; (1992)
= Alibertia panamensis L.Riley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 123 (1927)
= Alibertia tobagensis Sprague & R.O.Williams; Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 2: 20 (1928)
= Alibertia trinitatis Sprague & R.O.Williams; Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 2: 19 (1928)
= Alibertia tutumilla Rusby; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 375 (1927)
= Alibertia utilis A.Rich.; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: t. 21 (1830), sphalm.
= Amaioua edulis (Rich.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 7: 387 (1880)
= Amaioua utilis Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 220 (1879), nom. superfl.
= Borojoa lanceolata (Cham.) Cuatrec.; Acta Agron. 3: 95 (1953)
= Cordiera acuminata Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 221 (1841)
= Cordiera edulis (Rich.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
= Cordiera hexagyna (H.Karst.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
= Gardenia edulis (Rich.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 2: 708 (1812)
= Genipa edulis Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 107 (1792)
= Sabicea edulis Seem.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 266 (1851), nomen
= Thieleodoxa lanceolata Cham.; Linnaea 9: 253 (1834)
= Thieleodoxa nitidula Bremek.; Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 33: 711 (1936)
variant :
var. manuana Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 90 (2017)
Distribution: Peru; Brazil (Acre)
83 PER 84 BRA
variant :
var. obtusiuscula (Steyerm.) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Venez. Guayana 8: 514 (2004), et Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 91 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Monagas, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana
82 CLM GUY VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alibertia acuminata var. obtusiuscula Steyerm.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 223 (1965)
= Alibertia davidsei Steyerm.; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66(4): 903 (1979)
variant :
var. premontana (C.M.Taylor) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Novon 21(1): 137 (2011)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Alibertia premontana C.M.Taylor; Novon 6(2): 215 (1996)
species :
Alibertia latifolia (Benth.) K.Schum.; Pl. Bras. 6(6): 386 (1889)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Meta); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Guárico); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre); Paraguay (Concepcion)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Alibertia granulosa Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 133 (1920)
= Alibertia latifolia var. pargueniana Steyerm.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12(3): 225 (1965)
= Alibertia latifolia var. parvifolia K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 386 (1889)
= Alibertia oligantha K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 385 (1889)
= Cordiera latifolia Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 221 (1841)
= Cordiera oligantha (K.Schum.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
species :
Alibertia mahechae Cortés-Ballén, Zapata-Corr. & Delprete; Phytotaxa 675(2): 160 (2024)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Alibertia occidentalis Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 100 (2017)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre, Amazonas)
83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
species :
Alibertia patinoi (Cuatrec.) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Novon 21(1): 137 (2011)
Distribution: Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Córdoba, Guainía, Guaviare, Nariño, Putumayo, Valle); Ecuador
80 COS HON PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa patinoi Cuatrec.; Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 7(28): 474 (1948)
species :
Alibertia sorbilis Huber ex Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 261 (1922)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Pando); N-Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Pará)
83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa sorbilis (Huber ex Ducke) Cuatrec.; Acta Agron. 3: 95 (1953)
= Thieleodoxa sorbilis (Huber ex Ducke) Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 184 (1925)
species :
Alibertia tessmannii (Standl.) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 109 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Randia tessmannii Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 327 (1929)
species :
Alibertia utleyorum (Dwyer) C.M.Taylor; Novon 6(2): 215 (1996)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Duroia utleyorum Dwyer; Fieldiana, Bot., n. s. 33: 127 (1993)
species :
Alibertia venezuelensis (Steyerm.) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 113 (2017)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Miranda)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Borojoa universitatis Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 3: 193 (1968)
= Borojoa venezuelensis Steyerm.; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 26: 474 (1966)
species :
Alibertia verticillata (Ducke) W.Schultze-Motel; Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl., ed. 2, 2: 1094 (1986)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Thieleodoxa verticillata Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 185 (1925)
= Borojoa verticillata (Ducke) Cuatrec.; Acta Agron. 3: 95 (1953)
variant :
var. stipularis (Ducke) Delprete & C.H.Perss.; Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 119: 117 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá); Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alibertia stipularis (Ducke) W.Schultze-Motel; Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl., ed. 2: 1094 (1986)
= Borojoa stipularis (Ducke) Cuatrec.; Acta Agron. 3: 95 (1953)
= Thieleodoxa stipularis Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 184 (1930)
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