Adina (plant)
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| Adina rubella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Naucleeae |
| Genus: | Adina Salisb. |
| Type species | |
| Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake | |
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Adina is a genus of 7 species of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs or small trees, native to East Asia and Southeast Asia.[1]
Description
Adina is a genus of shrubs and small trees. The terminal vegetative buds are inconspicuous and loosely surrounded by the stipules. The stipules are bifid for at least 2/3 of their length. The corolla lobes are nearly valvate in bud, being subimbricate at the apex. The anthers are basifixed and introrse. The ovary has two locules, with up to four ovules per locule.[2]
Taxonomy
Adina was named by Richard Salisbury in 1807 in his book, The Paradisus Londinensis.[3] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek word adinos, meaning "clustered, crowded". It refers to the tightly clustered heads of flowers.[4] The biological type for Adina consists of the specimens that Salisbury called Adina globiflora.[5] These are now included in the species Adina pilulifera.[2] Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Adina is paraphyletic over Adinauclea, a monospecific genus from Sulawesi and the Moluccas.[6]
Species
Species currently accepted as of April 2014:[7]
- Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis - from India to Yunnan to Peninsular Malaysia
- Adina dissimilis Craib - Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
- Adina fagifolia (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Havil.) Valeton ex Merr - Sulawesi and Maluku
- Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake - Japan, China, Vietnam
- Adina pubicostata Merr. - Hunan, Guangxi, Vietnam
- Adina rubella Hance - China, Korea
- Adina trichotoma (Zoll. & Moritzi) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. - from Assam to southern China south to Java and New Guinea
References
- ↑ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
- 1 2 Ridsdale CE (1978). "A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Blumea. 24 (2): 307–366.
- ↑ Salisbury RA (1807). The Paradisus Londinensis: Containing plants cultivated in the vicinity of the metropolis. 1.
- ↑ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- ↑ Adina In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile.
- ↑ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56: 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
External links
- World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Adina At: Plant Names At: IPNI
- Adina In: The Paradisus Londinensis At: Adina At:Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Adina At: List of Genera At: Rubiaceae At: List of families At: Families and Genera in GRIN At: Queries At: GRIN taxonomy for plants