Plocama

Plocama
Plocama calabrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Putorieae
Genus: Plocama
Aiton
Type species
Plocama pendula
Synonyms
  • Aitchisonia Hemsl. ex Aitch.
  • Bartlingia Rchb.
  • Choulettia Pomel.
  • Crocyllis E.Mey. ex Hook.f.
  • Gaillonia A.Rich. ex DC.
  • Jaubertia Guill.
  • Neogaillonia Lincz.
  • Placodium Hook.f.
  • Pseudogaillonia Linchevskii
  • Pterogaillonia Linchevskii
  • Putoria Pers.

Plocama is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India.[1]

The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera were merged into it. There are now about 34 species.[2]

Plants of this genus are herbs or shrubs. They generally have an offensive scent when crushed. The leaves are oppositely arranged. The corolla is funnel shaped with a short to long tubular base. The fruit is either a drupe or a body that splits into two parts when ripe.[2]

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:

  1. Plocama afghanica (Ehrend.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  2. Plocama asperuliformis (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  3. Plocama aucheri (Guill.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  4. Plocama botschantzevii (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  5. Plocama brevifolia (Coss. & Durieu ex Pomel) M.Backlund & Thulin
  6. Plocama bruguieri (A.Rich. ex DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  7. Plocama bucharica (B.Fedtsch. & Des.-Shost.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  8. Plocama calabrica (L.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  9. Plocama calcicola (Puff) M.Backlund & Thulin
  10. Plocama calycoptera (Decne.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  11. Plocama corcyllis (Sond.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  12. Plocama crucianelloides (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin
  13. Plocama dubia (Aitch. & Hemsl.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  14. Plocama eriantha (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin
  15. Plocama hymenostephana (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin
  16. Plocama iljinii (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  17. Plocama inopinata (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  18. Plocama jolana (Thulin) M.Backlund & Thulin
  19. Plocama kandaharensis (Ehrend. & Qarar ex (Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  20. Plocama macrantha (Blatt. & Hallb.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  21. Plocama mestscherjakovii (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  22. Plocama olivieri (A.Rich. ex DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  23. Plocama pendula Aiton
  24. Plocama puberula (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  25. Plocama putorioides (Radcl.-Sm.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  26. Plocama reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) M.Backlund & Thulin
  27. Plocama rosea (Hemsl. ex Aitch.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  28. Plocama somaliensis (Puff) M.Backlund & Thulin
  29. Plocama szowitzii (DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  30. Plocama thymoides (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  31. Plocama tinctoria (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  32. Plocama trichophylla (Popov) M.Backlund & Thulin
  33. Plocama vassilczenkoi (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  34. Plocama yemenensis (Thulin) M.Backlund & Thulin

References

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  1. ^ "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b Backlund, M., Bremer, B., & Thulin, M. (2007). Paraphyly of Paederieae, recognition of Putorieae and expansion of Plocama (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae). Taxon, 56(2), 315-328.