Antirhea

Antirhea
Antirhea borbonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Cinchonoideae
Tribe:	Guettardeae
Genus:	Antirhea Comm. ex A.Juss.
Type species
Antirhea borbonica J.F. Gmel.
Synonyms
Antirhoea DC. Antirrhoea Comm. ex A.Juss. Guettardella Champ. ex Benth.

Antirhea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.

Distribution

Species of Antirhea are found in:^[1][2]

• Indian Ocean islands off Africa — Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues.
• North America — the Caribbean and Mexico
• Southeast Asia — southern China, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Melanesia

Species

• Antirhea affinis (Zoll.) Chaw
• Antirhea anodon (Miq.) Chaw
• Antirhea aromatica — endemic to Veracruz, Mexico.
• Antirhea atropurpurea (Craib) Chaw
• Antirhea attenuata (Elmer) Chaw
• Antirhea benguetensis (Elmer) Valeton
• Antirhea bifida (Lam.) I.M.Johnst.
• Antirhea bombysia Chaw
• Antirhea borbonica J.F.Gmel.
• Antirhea buruana Chaw
• Antirhea caudata (M.E.Jansen) Chaw
• Antirhea chinensis (Champ. ex Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f.
• Antirhea edanoi Chaw
• Antirhea foveolata Chaw
• Antirhea hexasperma (Roxb.) Merr.
• Antirhea inaequalis Chaw
• Antirhea inconspicua (Seem.) Christoph.
• Antirhea ioensis (Baill.) Chaw
• Antirhea jamaicensis — endemic to Jamaica.
• Antirhea livida Elmer
• Antirhea madagascariensis Chaw
• Antirhea megacarpa Merr. & L.M.Perry
• Antirhea microphylla (Bartl. ex DC.) Merr.
• Antirhea multiflora (M.E.Jansen) Chaw
• Antirhea myrtoides (F.M.Muell.) F.M.Bailey
• Antirhea novobritanniensis (M.E.Jansen) Chaw
• Antirhea ovatifolia (M.E.Jansen) Chaw
• Antirhea paxillata Chaw
• Antirhea philippinensis (Benth.) Rolfe
• Antirhea portoricensis — endemic to Puerto Rico.
• Antirhea putaminosa (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
• Antirhea radiata — native to Cuba and Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
• Antirhea ramosii Chaw
• Antirhea rhamnoides (Baill.) Chaw
• Antirhea schmutzii (M.E.Jansen) Chaw
• Antirhea sintenisii — endemic to Puerto Rico.
• Antirhea smithii (Fosberg) Merr. & L.M.Perry
• Antirhea sphaerocarpa Chaw
• Antirhea strigosa Korth.
• Antirhea talaudensis Chaw
• Antirhea tayabensis Chaw
• Antirhea tenuiflora F.Muell. ex Benth.
• Antirhea ternata Chaw
• Antirhea tomentosa — endemic to Jamaica.

References

1. "Antirhea in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved January 2013.
2. Chaw, S.-M.; Darwin, S. P. (1992). "A Systematic Study of the Paleotropical Genus Antirhea (Rubiaceae: Guettardeae)". Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany. (digitized online version, through biodiversitylibrary.org) 28: 25–118. Retrieved 17 Sep 2013.

External links

• Antirhea in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae