Danais

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Danaideae
Genus: Danais
Species: D. andribensis – D. antilahimenae – D. aurantiaca – D. baronii – D. breviflora – D. brickavillensis – D. capituliformis – D. cernua – D. comorensis – D. coronata – D. corymbosa – D. dauphinensis – D. disticha – D. distinctinervia – D. fragrans – D. hispida – D. humblotii – D. laciniata – D. ligustrifolia – D. longipedunculata – D. magna – D. masoalana – D. microcarpa – D. nigra – D. pauciflora – D. pubescens – D. rakotovaoi – D. randrianaivoi – D. rhamnifolia – D. rubra – D. sulcata – D. terminalis – D. tsaratananensis – D. verticillata – D. vestita – D. volubilis – D. xanthorrhoea
Name

Danais Comm. ex Vent., Tabl. Règn. Vég. 2: 584. (1799)

Type species: Danais fragrans (Lam.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 198. (1805)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Alleizettea Dubard & Dop, J. Bot. (Morot), sér. 2, 3: 6 (1910-1913 publ. 1925).

References

Commerson, P. 1799. Tableau du Règne Végétal, Selon de Méthode de Jussieu 2: 584.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Danais in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Danais. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2018.
Krüger, Å., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Danaideae (Rubiaceae: Rubioideae): Another example of out-of-Madagascar dispersal. Taxon 61(3): 629-636. JSTOR PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Danais. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 11.

Danais is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] Most species are native to Madagascar; at least three others are distributed in Tanzania, Comoros, and the Mascarene Islands.[2]

These are climbing plants with flowers in shades of white, yellow, orange, red, blue, or purple. The flowers have very slender tubes and are adapted for pollination by moths, such as hawkmoths. The plants often have an unpleasant scent, but some flowers have a sweet fragrance.[2]
Species

Danais andribensis Homolle - Madagascar
Danais aurantiaca Homolle - Madagascar
Danais baronii Homolle - Madagascar
Danais breviflora Baker - Madagascar
Danais brickavillensis J.-F.Leroy ex Puff & Buchner - Madagascar
Danais capituliformis Homolle - Madagascar
Danais cernua Baker - Madagascar
Danais comorensis Drake - Mayotte
Danais coronata (Pers.) Steud. - Madagascar
Danais corymbosa Balf.f. - Rodrigues (possibly extinct, last collected in 1874)
Danais dauphinensis Cavaco - Madagascar
Danais distinctinervia Homolle - Madagascar
Danais fragrans (Lam.) Pers. - Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion
Danais hispida Baker - Madagascar
Danais humblotii Homolle - Comoros, Madagascar
Danais ligustrifolia Baker - Madagascar
Danais longipedunculata Homolle - Madagascar
Danais magna Puff & Buchner - Madagascar
Danais microcarpa Baker - Madagascar
Danais nigra Homolle - Madagascar
Danais pauciflora Baker - Madagascar
Danais pubescens Baker - Madagascar
Danais rhamnifolia Baker - Madagascar
Danais rubra Puff & Buchner - Madagascar
Danais sulcata Pers. - Mauritius
Danais terminalis Boivin ex Drake - Madagascar
Danais tsaratananensis Homolle - Madagascar
Danais verticillata Baker - Madagascar
Danais vestita Baker - Madagascar
Danais volubilis Baker - Madagascar
Danais xanthorrhoea (K.Schum.) Bremek. - Tanzania

References

Philibert Commerson ex Étienne Pierre Ventenat. 1799. Tableau du Regne Vegetal 2: 584.
Danais. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.