Rubiaceae
Authors/Creators
- 1. Herbario FES-Cuautitlán, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (FESC-UNAM), Carretera Cuautitlán Teoloyucan km 2.5, San Sebastián Xhala C. P. 54714, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.
- 2. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (FESI-UNAM), Av. de los Barrios 1, Los Reyes Iztacala. Tlalnepantla, Estado de México, Mexico.
- 3. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, C. P. 04510, Mexico.
Description
Key to genera
1. Fruits drupaceous, indehiscent; seed apical attachment ....................................................................................................................2.
- Fruits capsules, loculicidally or septicidally dehiscent; seed basal or medial attachment ................................................................3.
2. Ovary 2-locular; flower aestivation is valvate; corolla lobes deltoid; fruits flattended to subspheroidal........................... Chiococca
- Ovary 5-10-locular; flower aestivation is imbricate; corolla lobes linear-lanceolate; fruits spheroidal ................................ Erithalis
3. Seed basal attachment............................................................................................................................................................ Lorencea
- Seed medial attachment.....................................................................................................................................................................4.
4. Seeds wingless...................................................................................................................................................................................5.
- Seeds winged.....................................................................................................................................................................................6.
5. Capsule dehiscent loculicidally; corolla tube 2 to 4 cm long; seeds 2 to 5 per locule ..................................................... Coutaportla
- Capsule dehiscent septicidally; corolla tube 6 to 8 cm long; seeds numerous per locule...................................................... Nernstia
6. Flowers with linear corolla lobes ......................................................................................................................................................7.
- Flowers with deltoid corolla lobes ................................................................................................................................................... 8.
7. Corolla tube 3 to 5 cm long; capsules flattened ................................................................................................................... Exostema - Corolla tube 1 to 2 cm long; capsules subcylindrical....................................................................................................... Solenandra.
8. Capsules flattened and septicidally dehiscent ....................................................................................................................... Coutarea
- Capsules subcylindrical and loculicidally dehiscent ............................................................................................................. Hintonia
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Taxon rank
- family