Amaracarpus
Encyclopedia
Amaracarpus is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume
in 1826. The genus is found from the Andaman Islands
to northern Vanuatu
and on the Seychelles
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume
Carl Ludwig Blume
Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
in 1826. The genus is found from the Andaman Islands
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west, and Burma , to the north and east...
to northern Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
and on the Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
.
Species
- Amaracarpus acuminatus S.MooreSpencer Le Marchant MooreSpencer Le Marchant Moore was an English botanist.Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the Natural History Museum from 1896 until his death.Moore is...
- Amaracarpus anomalus Wernham
- Amaracarpus attenuatus Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry - Amaracarpus belensis Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry - Amaracarpus brassii Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry - Amaracarpus braunianus (Warb. ex Boerl.) Valeton
- Amaracarpus calcicola Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry - Amaracarpus compactus Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry - Amaracarpus cuneifolius Valeton
- Amaracarpus doormanniensis Valeton
- Amaracarpus floribundus Valeton
- Amaracarpus grandiflorus A.P.Davis
- Amaracarpus grandifolius Valeton
- Amaracarpus idenburgensis Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry - Amaracarpus kochii Valeton
- Amaracarpus ledermannii Valeton
- Amaracarpus major (Valeton) A.P.Davis
- Amaracarpus montanus Valeton
- Amaracarpus nematopodus (F.MuellFerdinand von MuellerBaron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
) P.I.Forst. - Amaracarpus nouhuizii (Valeton) Valeton
- Amaracarpus novoguineensis (Warb. ex Boerl.) Valeton
- Amaracarpus nymanii Valeton
- Amaracarpus papuanus Valeton
- Amaracarpus pubescens BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
- Amaracarpus rhombifolius Valeton
- Amaracarpus schlechteri Valeton
- Amaracarpus syzygifolius Valeton
- Amaracarpus trichocalyx Valeton
- Amaracarpus wichmannii Valeton
- Amaracarpus xanthocarpus Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
& L.M.Perry