Consortium of Intermountain Herbaria

Rubiaceae
	VPAP Resources 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.
Species within checklist: Rainbow Bridge National Monument \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Acrosynanthus jamaicensis Acrosynanthus latifolius Acrosynanthus ovatus Acrosynanthus revolutus Acunaeanthus tinifolius Adina pilulifera Adina rubella Afrocanthium burttii Images not available Afrocanthium gilfillanii Images not available Afrocanthium lactescens Images not available Afrocanthium mundianum Images not available Afrocanthium pseudoverticillatum Images not available Afrocanthium shabanii Images not available Agathisanthemum globosum Images not available Agouticarpa hirsuta Images not available Agouticarpa velutina Images not available Aidia canthioides Aidia chantonea Images not available Aidia cochinchinensis Aidia densiflora Images not available Aidia gardneri Images not available Aidia micrantha Images not available Aidia pycnantha Alibertia atlantica Alibertia bertierifolia Alibertia claviflora Images not available Alibertia concolor Alibertia curviflora Alibertia duckei Images not available Alibertia edulis Alibertia itayensis Images not available Alibertia latifolia Alibertia obidensis Images not available Alibertia obtusa Images not available Alibertia patinoi Images not available Alibertia pilosa Alibertia rigida Alibertia verrucosa Alleizettella leucocarpa Images not available Alseis blackiana Alseis floribunda Alseis longifolia Images not available Alseis lugonis Alseis peruviana Images not available Alseis smithii Alseis yucatanensis Amaioua brevidentata Amaioua corymbosa Amaioua glomerulata Images not available Amaioua guianensis