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JANAS 29(1)
PLANTS: Annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, vines or trees. LEAVES: entire, generally opposite; sometimes appearing whorled because the stipules are leaf-like. INFLORESCENCE: cymose, or paniculate, flowers in heads, clusters, or solitary. FLOWERS: actinomorphic, perfect, sometimes functionally imperfect; sepals 4-5(-6), united, the lobes sometimes reduced or obsolete; petals (3-)4-5, united; stamens epipetalous, alternate with corolla lobes; ovary inferior, 2-4-loculed, the style 1, sometimes bifid. FRUIT: of 2-4 nutlets, or berries, drupes, or capsules. NOTES: Ca. 500 genera, ca. 6000 spp.; world-wide, especially tropical. Many cultivated, including Coffea, (coffee), Cinchona, (quinine), and many ornamentals. NOTES: Ca. 500 genera, ca. 6000 spp.; world-wide, especially tropical. Many cultivated, including Coffea, (coffee), Cinchona, (quinine), and many ornamentals. REFERENCES: Dempster, Lauramay T. 1995. Rubiaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Sci. 29(l): 29.
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Acrosynanthus jamaicensis
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Acrosynanthus latifolius
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Acrosynanthus ovatus
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Acrosynanthus revolutus
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Acunaeanthus tinifolius
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Adina pilulifera
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Adina rubella
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Afrocanthium burttii
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Afrocanthium gilfillanii
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Afrocanthium lactescens
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Afrocanthium mundianum
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Afrocanthium pseudoverticillatum
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Afrocanthium shabanii
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Agathisanthemum globosum
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Agouticarpa hirsuta
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Agouticarpa velutina
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Aidia canthioides
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Aidia chantonea
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Aidia cochinchinensis
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Aidia densiflora
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Aidia gardneri
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Aidia micrantha
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Aidia pycnantha
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Alibertia atlantica
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Alibertia bertierifolia
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Alibertia claviflora
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Alibertia concolor
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Alibertia curviflora
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Alibertia duckei
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Alibertia edulis
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Alibertia itayensis
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Alibertia latifolia
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Alibertia obidensis
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Alibertia obtusa
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Alibertia patinoi
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Alibertia pilosa
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Alibertia rigida
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Alibertia verrucosa
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Alleizettella leucocarpa
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Alseis blackiana
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Alseis floribunda
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Alseis longifolia
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Alseis lugonis
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Alseis peruviana
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Alseis smithii
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Alseis yucatanensis
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Amaioua brevidentata
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Amaioua corymbosa
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Amaioua glomerulata
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Amaioua guianensis
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