Randia (plant)

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Randia
Randia densiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Gardenieae
Genus: Randia
L.[1]
Species

Many, see text.

Synonyms

Basanacantha Hook.f.
Foscarenia Vell. ex Vand.
Gynaecopachys Hassk.
Rangia Griseb.[1]

Randia, commonly known as indigoberry,[2] is a mostly Neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees in the Rubiaceae. As of February 2022 Plants of the World Online lists a total of 112 accepted species in the genus.[3] Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus Atractocarpus. These include the garden plants Atractocarpus chartaceus and A. fitzalanii.

Carl Linnaeus retained the name Randia, applied by Houston to commemorate Isaac Rand.[4]

Species of this genus are generally dioecious, with separate male and female plants, although exceptions exist. They are trees, shrubs, and lianas, and may be deciduous or evergreen.[5]

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

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  1. ^ a b "Genus: Randia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 September 1996. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Randia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Randia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. ^ Boulger, George Simonds (1896). "Rand, Isaac" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ^ Gustafsson, Claes G. R. (2000). "Three New South American Species of Randia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae)". Novon. 10 (3): 201–208. doi:10.2307/3393100. JSTOR 3393100.
  6. ^ a b c d Yetman, David (2002). The Guarijios of the Sierra Madre: Hidden People of Northwestern Mexico. UNM Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780826322340.
  7. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Randia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  • Gustafsson, C.; C. Persson (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of the neotropical genus Randia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) inferred from molecular and morphological data". Taxon. 51 (4): 661–674. doi:10.2307/1555021. JSTOR 1555021.
  • Borhidi, A.; N. Diego-Pérez (2004). "El género Randia L. (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) en la flora del estado Guerrero (Mexico)". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 46 (1–2): 41–53. doi:10.1556/abot.46.2004.1-2.4.
  • Randia at the USDA PLANTS database.
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