Ixora oreogena

Ixora bush
Conservation status
Least Concern (NCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Ixora
Species:	I. oreogena
Binomial name
Ixora oreogena S.T.Reynolds & P.I.Forst.[2][3]

Ixora oreogena, commonly known as ixora bush, is a plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or small tree from 4 to 18 m in height. The leaves are glabrous and usually about 9.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, with a petiole about 5–10 mm long. The flowers have long slender corolla tubes and 4 petals. The fruits are black, glabrous, sub-globose, and measure up to 18 mm long by 22 mm wide.[4]

References

1. "Species profile—Ixora oreogena". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
2. "Ixora oreogena". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
3. "Ixora oreogena S.T.Reynolds & P.I.Forst". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
4. Reynolds, S.T.; Irwin, P.I. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of Ixora L. (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Australia". Austrobaileya. 7 (2): 262. JSTOR 41739031.

External links

• View a map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
• View observations of this species on iNaturalist
• View images of this species on Flickriver.com