Adina (plant)

Adina
Adina rubella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Naucleeae
Genus: Adina
Salisb.
Type species
Adina pilulifera
(Lam.) Franch. ex Drake
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Adina is a genus of 7 species of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs or small trees, native to East Asia and Southeast Asia.[1]

Description

Adina is a genus of shrubs and small trees. The terminal vegetative buds are inconspicuous and loosely surrounded by the stipules. The stipules are bifid for at least 2/3 of their length. The corolla lobes are nearly valvate in bud, being subimbricate at the apex. The anthers are basifixed and introrse. The ovary has two locules, with up to four ovules per locule.[2]

Taxonomy

Adina was named by Richard Salisbury in 1807 in his book, The Paradisus Londinensis.[3] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek word adinos, meaning "clustered, crowded". It refers to the tightly clustered heads of flowers.[4] The biological type for Adina consists of the specimens that Salisbury called Adina globiflora.[5] These are now included in the species Adina pilulifera.[2] Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Adina is paraphyletic over Adinauclea, a monospecific genus from Sulawesi and the Moluccas.[6]

Species

Species currently accepted as of April 2014:[7]

References

  1. ↑ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
  2. 1 2 Ridsdale CE (1978). "A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Blumea 24 (2): 307–366.
  3. ↑ Salisbury RA (1807). The Paradisus Londinensis: Containing plants cultivated in the vicinity of the metropolis 1.
  4. ↑ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  5. ↑ Adina In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile.
  6. ↑ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247.
  7. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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