Ernodea
Encyclopedia
Ernodea is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the coffee
family, Rubiaceae
. All are small shrubs, endemic to the Caribbean
region, with most species restricted to the Bahamian Archipelago. It contains the following species:
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 coffee
Coffea
Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. Seeds of several species are the source of the popular beverage coffee. Coffee ranks as one of the world's most valuable and widely traded...
family, 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 ,...
. All are small shrubs, endemic to the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
region, with most species restricted to the Bahamian Archipelago. It contains the following species:
- Ernodea angusta Small
- Ernodea cokeri Britton ex Coker
- Ernodea gigantea Correll
- Ernodea littoralisErnodea littoralisErnodea littoralis is a species of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, endemic to Central America and the Caribbean region...
Sw. - Ernodea millspaughii Britton
- Ernodea nashii Britton
- Ernodea serratifolia Correll
- Ernodea taylori Britton
- Ernodea uninervis Urb.