Randia (plant)

Randia
Randia densiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Gardenieae[1]
Genus: Randia
L.[2]
Species

Many, see text.

Synonyms

Basanacantha Hook.f.
Foscarenia Vell. ex Vand.
Gynaecopachys Hassk.
Rangia Griseb.[2]

Randia, commonly known as indigoberry,[3] is a mostly neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees in the Rubiaceae. The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) lists a total of 738 names for the genus, synonyms included. Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus Atractocarpus. These include the garden plants Atractocarpus chartaceus and A. fitzalanii.

Carl Linnaeus retained the name Randia, applied by Houston to commemorate Isaac Rand.[4]

Selected species

  • Randia aculeata L. (= Genipa aculeata) – White Indigoberry
  • Randia altiscandens (Ducke) C.M.Taylor
  • Randia aristeguietae Steyerm.
  • Randia armata (Sw.) DC.
  • Randia carlosiana K.Krause
  • Randia ciliolata C.Wright (= Genipa ciliolata)
  • Randia cinerea (Fernald) Standl. (= Genipa cinerea)
  • Randia densiflora
  • Randia echinocarpa Moc. & Sessé ex DC. (= Genipa echinocarpa)
  • Randia formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. – Jasmin de Rosa
  • Randia keithii
  • Randia laevigata Standl.
  • Randia longioba
  • Randia matudae Lorence & Dwyer (= Casasia chiapensis)
  • Randia mixe sp. nov.
  • Randia moorei F.Muell. ex Benth
  • Randia nelsonii Greenm.
  • Randia nicaraguensis Lorence & Dwyer
  • Randia nitida (Kunth) DC.
  • Randia parvifolia Lam. – Smallflower Indigoberry
  • Randia pleiomeris Standl.
  • Randia portoricensis (Urban) Britt. & Standl. – Puerto Rico Indigoberry
  • Randia rhagocarpa Standl. – Crucillo
  • Randia ruiziana DC.
  • Randia sezitat Guillaumin (= Genipa sezitat)
  • Randia spinifex (Roem. & Schult.) Standl. (= Genipa sagreana)
  • Randia thurberi S.Watson
  • Randia tubericollis[3][5]

Formerly placed here

  • Atractocarpus chartaceus (F.Muell.) Puttock (as R. chartacea (F.Muell.) F.Muell.)
  • Aidia cochinchinensis Lour. (as R. henryi E.Pritz. or R. cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.)
  • Aidia genipiflora (DC.) Dandy (as R. genipiflora DC.)
  • Atractocarpus fitzalanii (F.Muell.) Puttock (as R. fitzalanii (F.Muell.) Benth.)
  • Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng. (as R. malabarica Lam.)
  • Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale (as R. sinensis (Lour.) Schult.)
  • Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. (as R. dumetorum (Retz.) Poir. or R. spinosa (Thunb.) Poir.)
  • Catunaregam tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Tirveng. (as R. tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Hook.f.)
  • Coddia rudis (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc. (as R. rudis E. Mey. ex Harv.)
  • Porterandia penduliflora (K.Schum.) Keay (as R. penduliflora K.Schum. or R. sericantha K.Schum. ex Engl.)
  • Rosenbergiodendron formosum (Jacq.) Fagerl. (as R. formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. or R. mussaenda (L.f.) DC.)
  • Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Fagerl. (as R. ruiziana DC.)
  • Rothmannia longiflora Salisb. (as R. maculata DC.)
  • Rothmannia whitfieldii (Lindl.) Dandy (as R. malleifera (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f.)
  • Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre (as R. uliginosa (Retz.) Poir.)[5]

References

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  1. ↑ "Genus Randia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Genus: Randia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Randia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  4. ↑  Boulger, George Simonds (1896). "Rand, Isaac". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "GRIN Species Records of Randia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

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