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 \|\| << 51 - 100 taxa >> Amaioua intermedia Amaioua magnicarpa Images not available Amaioua pedicellata Amaracarpus nematopodus Images not available Amphiasma micranthum Images not available Amphidasya ambigua Amphidasya amethystina Images not available Amphidasya longicalycina Images not available Anisomeris protracta Images not available Anisomeris recordii Anotis longiflora Anthocephalus cadamba Images not available Anthocephalus chinensis Images not available Anthospermum herbaceum Images not available Anthospermum rigidum Images not available Anthospermum usambarense Antirhea acutata Antirhea borbonica Antirhea chinensis Images not available Antirhea coriacea Images not available Antirhea inconspicua Antirhea lucida Antirhea madagascariensis Antirhea megacarpa Images not available Antirhea myrtifolia Antirhea myrtoides Images not available Antirhea obtusifolia Images not available Antirhea portoricensis Images not available Antirhea sintenisii Antirhea smithii Antirhea tenuiflora Aphanocarpus steyermarkii Appunia debilis Images not available Appunia guatemalensis Images not available Appunia seibertii Appunia tenuiflora Arachnothryx aspera Arachnothryx bertieroides Arachnothryx brenesii Arachnothryx buddleioides Arachnothryx calycosa Arachnothryx capitellata Arachnothryx chiapensis Images not available Arachnothryx cordovana Arachnothryx costaricensis Images not available Arachnothryx discolor Images not available Arachnothryx galeottii Images not available Arachnothryx ginetteae Images not available Arachnothryx gonzaleoides Arachnothryx gracilis Images not available