Bikkia

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Chiococceae
Genus: Bikkia
Species: B. bridgeana – B. commerconiana – B. gaudichaudiana – B. guilloviana – B. longicarpa – B. moluccana – B. montoyae – B. palauensis – B. pancheri – B. philippinensis – B. tetrandra
Name

Bikkia Reinw., 1825, nom. cons.

Type species: Bikkia grandiflora Reinw., nom. illeg. = B. tetrandra
(L.f.) A.Gray

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cormigonus Raf., Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 83. (1820)
Bikkiopsis Brongn. & Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 404. (1865)

References

Reinwardt, C.G.C. 1825. Sylloge Plantarum Novarum Itemque Minus Cognitarum a Praestantissimis Botanicis adhuc Viventibus Collecta et a Societate Regia Botanica Ratisbonensi Edita 2: 8.
Barrabé, L., Mouly, A., Lowry II, P.P. & Munzinger, J. 2011. Reinstatement of the endemic New Caledonian genus Thiollierea Montrouz. (Rubiaceae) necessitated by the polyphyly of Bikkia Reinw. as currently circumscribed. Adansonia III, 33: 115-134. DOI: 10.5252/a2011n1a8 PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bikkia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bikkia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 9 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bikkia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 9.

Bikkia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the Philippines, the Maluku region of eastern, Indonesia, New Guinea and the western Pacific (Melanesia and Micronesia).[1] The genus was named by Caspar Reinwardt in 1825.[2] Seven of the New Caledonian species previously included in Bikkia were transferred to a separate genus, Thiollierea, in 2011 based on molecular and morphological information.[3]
Species

Bikkia bridgeana F.Muell. - New Guinea
Bikkia commerconiana K.Schum. - New Guinea
Bikkia gaudichaudiana Brongn. - New Guinea
Bikkia guilloviana Brongn. - New Guinea
Bikkia longicarpa Valeton - Mariana Islands
Bikkia moluccana Suess. ex Troll & Dragend. - Maluku
Bikkia palauensis Valeton - Palau
Bikkia pancheri (Brongn.) Guillaumin - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Bikkia philippinensis Valeton - Cebu
Bikkia tetrandra (L.f.) A.Rich. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Tonga, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Wallis-Futuna Islands

References

Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
Reinwardt CGC (1825). Brenk CE (ed.). Sylloge Plantarum Novarum Itemque Minus Cognitarum a Praestantissimis Botanicis adhuc Viventibus Collecta et a Societate Regia Botanica Ratisbonensi Edita. 2. p. 8.
Barrabé L., Mouly A., Lowry II P. P. & Munzinger J. 2011. — Reinstatement of the endemic New Caledonian genus Thiollierea Montrouz. (Rubiaceae) necessitated by the polyphyly of Bikkia Reinw. as currently circumscribed. Adansonia, sér. 3, 33 (1): 115–134.