Greenea

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: Greeneeae
Genus: Greenea
Species: G. adangensis – G. commersonii – G. corymbosa – G. montana – G. parkinsonii – G. rivularis – G. schizocorolla – G. secunda – G. vietnamensis
Name

Greenea Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 403. (1834)

Type species: Greenea corymbosa (Jack) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 385. (1845)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Rhombospora Korth., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2: 114. (1850)
Spathichlamys R.Parker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 42. (1931)

References

Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 403.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Greenea 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. Greenea. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 20 2019.
Tange, C. 2013. A revision of the genus Greenea (Rubiaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) (41): 64-80. PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Greenea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan. 2019.

Greenea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Indo-China to Sumatra.[1] It is named in honor of Benjamin D. Greene.
Species

Greenea adangensis Tange
Greenea commersonii (Korth.) Tange ex Ruhsam
Greenea corymbosa (Jack) Voigt
Greenea montana Tange
Greenea parkinsonii C.E.C.Fisch.
Greenea rivularis Tange
Greenea schizocorolla Tange
Greenea secunda (Griff.) Craib
Greenea vietnamensis Tange

References

"Greenea in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved April 2016.