Bertiera
Encyclopedia
Bertiera is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. It comprises about fifty species, with thirty plus known from tropical Africa
, five known from various Indian Ocean
islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas
. It was described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
in 1775.
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 comprises about fifty species, with thirty plus known from tropical Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, five known from various Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
. It was described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer.Born in Salon-de-Provence, he joined the French East India Company and in 1752 was sent to Mauritius to establish a pharmacy and a botanical garden. He worked there for nine years...
in 1775.
Species
- Bertiera adamsii (Hepper) N.Hallé
- Bertiera aequatorialis N.Hallé
- Bertiera aethiopica Hiern
- Bertiera angusiana N.Hallé
- Bertiera angustifolia Benth.
- Bertiera annobonensis G.Taylor ex Mildbr.
- Bertiera arctistipula N.Hallé
- Bertiera batesii Wernham
- Bertiera bicarpellata (K.Schum.) N.Hallé
- Bertiera bistipulata Bojer ex Wernham
- Bertiera borbonica A.Rich. ex DC.
- Bertiera bracteolata Hiern
- Bertiera bracteosa (Donn.Sm.) B.Ståhl & L.Andersson
- Bertiera breviflora Hiern
- Bertiera brevithyrsa A.P.Davis
- Bertiera chevalieri Hutch. & Dalziel
- Bertiera congolana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Bertiera crinita (A.Rich.) Wittle & A.P.Davis
- Bertiera elabensis K.Krause
- Bertiera fimbriata Hepper
- Bertiera globiceps K.Schum.
- Bertiera gonzaleoides Griseb.
- Bertiera guianensis Aubl.
- Bertiera heterophylla Nguembou & Sonké
- Bertiera iturensis K.Krause
- Bertiera lanx N.Hallé
- Bertiera laurentii De Wild.
- Bertiera laxa Benth.
- Bertiera laxissima K.Schum.
- Bertiera ledermannii K.Krause
- Bertiera lejolyana Nguembou & Sonké
- Bertiera letouzeyi N.Hallé
- Bertiera longiloba K.Krause
- Bertiera longithyrsaBaker
- Bertiera loraria N.Hallé
- Bertiera lujae De Wild.
- Bertiera naucleoides (S.Moore) Bridson
- Bertiera orthopetala (Hiern) N.Hallé
- Bertiera parviflora Spruce ex K.Schum.
- Bertiera pauloiBertiera pauloiBertiera pauloi is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
Verdc.Bernard VerdcourtBernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years... - Bertiera pedicellata (Hiern) Wernham
- Bertiera procumbens K.Schum. & K.Krause
- Bertiera pubiflora (Steyerm.) L.Andersson & B.Ståhl
- Bertiera racemosa (G.Don) K.Schum.
- Bertiera retrofracta K.Schum.
- Bertiera rosseeliana Sonké, Esono & Nguembou
- Bertiera rufa A.Rich. ex DC.
- Bertiera rugosa L.Andersson & C.H.Perss.
- Bertiera sphaerica N.Hallé
- Bertiera spicata (C.F.Gaertn.) K.Schum.
- Bertiera subsessilis Hiern
- Bertiera tessmannii K.Krause
- Bertiera thollonii N.Hallé
- Bertiera thonneri De Wild. & T.Durand
- Bertiera troupinii N.Hallé
- Bertiera viburnoides(Standl.) J.H.Kirkbr.
- Bertiera zaluzania Comm. ex C.F.Gaertn.