8384.000 Ixora
De Block, P. (1998) The African species of Ixora (Rubiaceae - Pavetteae) Opera Botanica Belgica 9 National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
De Block, P. (2020) Rubiaceae Tribu V. Ixorae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees, evergreen. Stipules interpetiolar, base broad, usually basally fused into a sheath, apex prolonged or aristate. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-whorled, petiolate or sessile. Inflorescence terminal cymes, dense or spreading corymbose or trichotomous; flowers pedicellate or sessile; bracts and bracteoles present; calyx tube usually ovoid, limb with 4 (or 5) persistent lobes; corolla salveform, glabrous or bearded at throat, apically 4 (or 5) lobed, lobes shorter than corolla tube, spreading or reflexed, contorted in bud. Fruit drupes, globose or slightly compressed, with 2 leathery pyrenes. Seeds same shape as pyrenes, testa membranous. Derivation of name: 530 species in tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide. DRC: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| aneimodesma K. Schum. subsp. kizuensis De Block | II,III,IV | |
| brachypoda DC. | I,III,IV,V,VI,VII,XI | Description, Image |
| burundiensis Bridson [NrEnd] [VU] | VIII,IX | Description |
| fastigiata (R.D.Good) Bremek. | II,VI | |
| hartiana De Block | VI | |
| kalehensis De Block [End] [CR] | VI | |
| laurentii De Wild. [NrEnd] [LR-lc] | VI | |
| longipedunculata De Wild. [End] | V,VI | |
| mildbraedii K.Krause | II,V,VI,VII | |
| nana Robbr. & Lejoly [End] | VI | |
| phellopus K.Schum. | II,III,VI | |
| praetermissa De Block | IV | |
| seretii De Wild. [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | VI,VII,VIII |
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