Rubiaceae - Coffee family
Bridson, D.M. (1998) Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2)
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)
Verdcourt, B. (1988) Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1)
Description of the family
Trees, shrubs, annual or perennial herbs or climbers. Leaves simple, opposite or in whorls, entire. Stipules present, usually interpetiolar, less often intrapetiolar, entire or (in some herbaceous genera) with lobes or fimbriae. 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 whorls of similar leaf-like objects. Flowers usually bisexual, rarely unisexual (e.g. in some species of Anthospermum, Catunaregam and Canthium), actinomorphic. Calyx gamosepalous, (3-)4-5(-8)-lobed. Corolla gamopetalous, often with a long tube, (3-)4-5(-11)-lobed. Ovary inferior, of 2-5 or more carpels, usually 2. Fruit a capsule, berry or drupe. Worldwide: 630 genera and 10,200 species, cosmopolitan, but mainly tropical and warm areas. DRC: 57 genera and 86 taxa. |
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| Genus | Content |
| Afrocanthium (Bridson) Lantz & B. Bremer | |
| Agathisanthemum Klotzsch | Description |
| Aidia Lour. | Description |
| Anthospermum L. | Description |
| Bertiera Aubl. | Description |
| Canthium Lam. | Description |
| Catunaregam Wolf | Description |
| Chassalia Comm. ex Poir. | Description |
| Coffea L. | Description |
| Colletoecema E.M.A.Petit | Image |
| Corynanthe Welw. | Description |
| Craterispermum Benth. | Description |
| Cremaspora Benth. | Description, Image |
| Crossopteryx Fenzl | Description |
| Fadogia Schweinf. | Description |
| Feretia Delile | Description |
| Gaertnera Lam. | Description |
| Galiniera Delile | Description |
| Galium L. | Description |
| Gardenia J. Ellis | Description |
| Hedythyrsus Bremek. | Description |
| Heinsenia K. Schum. | Description |
| Heinsia DC. | Description |
| Hexasepalum Bartl. ex DC. | Description |
| Hymenodictyon Wall. | Description |
| Ixora L. | Description |
| Keetia E. Phillips | Description |
| Lasianthus Jack | Description |
| Leptactina Hook. f. | Description |
| Mitracarpus Zucc. ex Schult. & Schult.f. | Description, Image |
| Mitragyna Korth. | Description, Image |
| Mitrasacmopsis Jovet | Description |
| Morinda L. | Description, Image |
| Multidentia Gilli | Description |
| Mussaenda L. | Description |
| Oldenlandia L. | Description |
| Otiophora Zucc. | Description |
| Paraknoxia Bremek. | Description |
| Pauridiantha Hook. f. | Description |
| Pentodon Hochst. | Description |
| Polysphaeria Hook. f. | Description |
| Pseudomussaenda Wernham | Description, Image |
| Psychotria L. | Description |
| Richardia L. | Description |
| Rothmannia Thunb. | Description |
| Rubia L. | Description |
| Rytigynia Blume | Description |
| Sarcocephalus Sabine | Description |
| Sericanthe Robbr. | Description |
| Sherbournia G. Don | Description |
| Spermacoce L. | Description |
| Stipularia P. Beauv. | Description |
| Tricalysia A. Rich. ex DC. | Description |
| Trichostachys Hook.f. | Image |
| Vangueria Comm. ex Juss. | Description |
| Vangueriopsis Robyns | Description |
| Virectaria Bremek. | Description |
Other sources of information about Rubiaceae:
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Flora of Mozambique: Rubiaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Rubiaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Rubiaceae
Flora of Zambia: Rubiaceae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Rubiaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rubiaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Rubiaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): RubiaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rubiaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rubiaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Rubiaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Rubiaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rubiaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Rubiaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rubiaceae
Wikipedia: Rubiaceae
Plants of the World Online: Rubiaceae
Tropicos: Rubiaceae