Cordiera

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: Cordiereae
Genus: Cordiera
Species: C. bahiensis – C. carioca – C. concolor – C. coriacea – C. elliptica – C. garapatica – C. hadrantha – C. humilis – C. killipii – C. longicaudata – C. longiflora – C. macrophylla – C. montana – C. mussunungae – C. myrciifolia – C. obtusa – C. papillosa – C. pilosa – C. rigida – C. rugulata – C. sessilis – C. stipulacea – C. subaurea – C. triflora – C. tuberculata
Name

Cordiera A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 445 (1830)

Type species: Cordiera triflora A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 445 (1830)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Octavia DC., Prodr. 4: 464. (1830)
Gardenia subg. Gardeniola Cham., Linnaea 9: 247. (1834)
Gardeniola Cham., Linnaea 9: 247. (1834)
Scepseothamnus Cham., Linnaea 9: 248. (1834)
Thieleodoxa Cham., Linnaea 9: 251. (1834)
Garapatica H. Karst., Linnaea 30(2): 143–144, t. 26. (1859)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Richard, A. 1830. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 4: 445.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cordiera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cordiera. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 20 2019.
Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cordiera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan. 2019.
Taylor, C.M., Sánchez-González, J., Hammel, B., Lorence, D.H., Persson, C., Delprete, P.G. & Gereau, R.E. 2011. Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXVIII: New taxa, new combinations, new names, and lectotypification for several species found in Mexico and Central America. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 21(1): 133-148. DOI: 10.3417/2009129 Reference page.

Cordiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in central and southern tropical America.[1]
Species

Cordiera concolor (Cham.) Kuntze
Cordiera concolor var. concolor
Cordiera concolor var. goyana C.H.Perss. & Delprete
Cordiera elliptica (Cham.) Kuntze
Cordiera garapatica (K.Schum.) Kuntze
Cordiera hadrantha (Standl.) C.H.Perss. & Delprete
Cordiera humilis (K.Schum.) Kuntze
Cordiera humilis var. amplexicaulis (S.Moore) C.H.Perss.
Cordiera humilis var. humilis
Cordiera longicaudata C.H.Perss. & Delprete
Cordiera macrophylla (K.Schum.) Kuntze
Cordiera myrciifolia (K.Schum.) C.H.Perss. & Delprete
Cordiera rigida (K.Schum.) Kuntze
Cordiera sessilis (Vell.) Kuntze
Cordiera triflora A.Rich. ex DC.

References

"Cordiera in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 13 June 2014.