Aidia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Gardenieae
Genus: Aidia
Species: A. abeidii – A. acuminata – A. acutipetala – A. auriculata – A. bakeri – A. beccariana – A. borneensis – A. bracteata – A. brisipensis – A. chantonea – A. cochinchinensis – A. congesta – A. corymbosa – A. cowleyi – A. crassifolia – A. densiflora – A. dilleniacea – A. endertii – A. foveata – A. gardneri – A. genipiflora – A. glabra – A. gyropetala – A. halleri – A. henryi – A. heterophylla – A. impressinervis – A. jambosoides – A. kinabaluensis – A. lancifolia – A. longiflora – A. magnifolia – A. micrantha – A. moluccana – A. ochroleuca – A. oxyodonta – A. paiei – A. parvifolia – A. polystachya – A. pseudospicata – A. pucherrima – A. pycnantha – A. quintasii – A. racemosa – A. rhacodosepala – A. rubens – A. salicifolia – A. solomonensis – A. tomentosa – A. vieillardii – A. vitiensis – A. wattii – A. waugia – A. yunnanensis – A. zippeliana
Name

Aidia Lour., (1790)

Type species: Aidia cochinchinensis Lour. (1790)

Synonyms

Stylocoryna Cav., 1797 (Icon. 4:45)
Type species: Stylocoryna racemosa Cav. (=Aidia cochinchinensis Lour.)
Stylocoryne orth. var.
Gynopachis Blume, 1823 (Catalogus:48)
Cupia (Schult.) DC., 1830 (Prodr. 4:393)
Pelagodendron Seem., 1866 (Fl. Vit.:124)
Type species: Pelagodendron vitiense Seem. (=Aidia vitiensis (Seem.) Puttock, 2001)
Pseudixora Miq., 1857 (Fl. Ned. Ind. 2:209)
Anomanthodia Hook.f., 1873 (in Benth. & Hook., Gen. Pl. 2:87)
Type species: Anomanthodia auriculata (Wall.) Hook.f. (=Aidia auriculata (Wall.) Ridsdale, 1996)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan.
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania, Uganda.
South Tropical Africa
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
Eastern Asia
Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.
Indo-China
Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Isle.
Papuasia
New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
Australia
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
Northwestern Pacific
Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Loureiro, João de. 1790. Fl. Cochinch. 1:143.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aidia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Aidia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2017.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aidia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 apr. 27.

Aidia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific.[1]
Species

Aidia abeidii S.E.Dawson & Gereau
Aidia acuminata (Blume) K.M.Wong
Aidia acutipetala Ridsdale
Aidia auriculata (Wall.) Ridsdale
Aidia bakeri (Merr.) Ridsdale
Aidia beccariana (Baill.) Ridsdale
Aidia borneensis Ridsdale
Aidia bracteata Ridsdale
Aidia brisipensis Ridsdale
Aidia chantonea Triveng.
Aidia cochinchinensis Lour.
Aidia congesta (Schltr. & K.Krause) Ridsdale
Aidia corymbosa (Blume) K.M.Wong
Aidia cowleyi Puttock
Aidia densiflora (Wall.) Masam.
Aidia dilleniacea (Baill.) Ridsdale
Aidia endertii Ridsdale
Aidia foveata Ridsdale
Aidia gardneri (Thwaites) Tirveng.
Aidia genipiflora (DC.) Dandy
Aidia glabra (Valeton) Ridsdale
Aidia halleri Ridsdale
Aidia henryi (E.Pritz.) T.Yamaz.
Aidia heterophylla Ridsdale
Aidia impressinervis (King & Gamble) Ridsdale
Aidia jambosoides (Valeton) Ridsdale
Aidia kinabaluensis Ridsdale
Aidia lancifolia K.M.Wong
Aidia longiflora Ridsdale
Aidia magnifolia Ridsdale
Aidia merrillii (Chun) Tirveng.
Aidia micrantha (K.Schum.) Bullock ex F.White
Aidia moluccana Ridsdale
Aidia ochroleuca (K.Schum.) E.M.A.Petit
Aidia oxyodonta (Drake) T.Yamaz.
Aidia paiei Ridsdale
Aidia parvifolia (King & Gamble) K.M.Wong
Aidia polystachya (Valeton) Ridsdale
Aidia pseudospicata Ridsdale
Aidia pulcherrima (Merr.) Ridsdale
Aidia pycnantha (Drake) Tirveng.
Aidia quintasii (K.Schum.) G.Taylor
Aidia racemosa (Cav.) Tirveng.
Aidia rhacodosepala (K.Schum.) E.M.A.Petit
Aidia rubens (Hiern) G.Taylor
Aidia salicifolia (H.L.Li) T.Yamaz.
Aidia solomonensis Ridsdale
Aidia tomentosa (Blume) Ridsdale
Aidia vieillardii (Baill.) Ridsdale
Aidia vitiensis (Seem.) Puttock
Aidia wattii G.Taylor
Aidia waugia Ridsdale
Aidia yunnanensis (Hutch.) T.Yamaz.
Aidia zippeliana (Scheff.) Ridsdale

References

"Aidia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 December 2016.