Randia, commonly known as indigoberry, is a mostly neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees 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 ,...

. The International Plant Names Index (IPNI

IPNI

The International Plant Names Index is a database of botanical names. It indexes names of seed plants, ferns and "fern allies". Coverage is best at the rank of species and genus...

) lists a total of 738 names for the genus, synonyms included. Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus Atractocarpus

Atractocarpus

Atractocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms atractos "spindle", and karpos "fruit", from the spindle-shaped fruit of the type species.-Taxonomy:Defined...

. These include the garden plants Atractocarpus chartaceus

Atractocarpus chartaceus

Atractocarpus chartaceus is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family from eastern Australia. The habitat is the understorey of subtropical and tropical rainforest on fertile soils. The natural range of distribution is from the Richmond River, New South Wales to tropical Queensland...

and A. fitzalanii

Atractocarpus fitzalanii

Atractocarpus fitzalanii is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family found in tropical Queensland in Australia...

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Carl Linnaeus retained the name Randia, applied by Houston to commemorate Isaac Rand

Isaac Rand

Isaac Rand was an English botanist and apothecary, who was a lecturer and director at the Chelsea Physic Garden.-Life:Isaac was probably son of James Rand, who in 1674 agreed, with thirteen other members of the Society of Apothecaries, to build a wall round the Chelsea Botanical Garden...

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Selected species

Randia aculeata Randia aculeata Randia aculeata, commonly known as white indigoberry or white indigo berry, is a species in the Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or small tree that grows from 2 to 6 m tall. R... L. (= Genipa aculeata) – White Indigoberry Randia altiscandens (Ducke) C.M.Taylor Randia aristeguietae Steyerm. Randia armata (Sw.) DC. Randia carlosiana Randia carlosiana Randia carlosiana is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.-Source:* Jaramillo, T., Cornejo, X. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... K.Krause Randia ciliolata C.Wright (= Genipa ciliolata) Randia cinerea (Fernald) Standl. Paul Carpenter Standley Paul Carpenter Standley was an American botanist.Standley was born in Avalon, Missouri... (= Genipa cinerea) Randia densiflora Randia echinocarpa Moc. & Sessé ex DC. (= Genipa echinocarpa) Randia formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. – Jasmin de Rosa Randia keithii Randia laevigata Standl. Randia longioba Randia matudae Lorence & Dwyer (= Casasia chiapensis)

Randia mixe sp. nov. Randia moorei Randia moorei Randia moorei, commonly known as the spiny gardenia, is a rare Australian shrub growing in the far north eastern areas of the state of New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland. The habitat is subtropical rainforest north of Lismore.... F.Muell. Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...  ex Benth George Bentham George Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :... Randia nelsonii Greenm. Randia nitida (Kunth) DC. Randia parvifolia Lam. – Smallflower Indigoberry Randia pleiomeris Randia pleiomeris Randia pleiomeris is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... Standl. Randia portoricensis Randia portoricensis Randia portoricensis, known commonly as the Puerto Rico Indigoberry, is a species of shrub in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, and is found in thickets and semi-dry forests.... (Urban) Britt. & Standl. – Puerto Rico Indigoberry Randia rhagocarpa Standl. – Crucillo Randia ruiziana DC. Randia sezitat Guillaumin (= Genipa sezitat) Randia spinifex (Roem. & Schult.) Standl. (= Genipa sagreana) Randia thurberi S.Watson Randia tubericollis

Formerly placed here

Atractocarpus chartaceus Atractocarpus chartaceus Atractocarpus chartaceus is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family from eastern Australia. The habitat is the understorey of subtropical and tropical rainforest on fertile soils. The natural range of distribution is from the Richmond River, New South Wales to tropical Queensland... (F.Muell.) Puttock (as R. chartacea (F.Muell.) F.Muell.) Aidia cochinchinensis Lour. (as R. henryi E.Pritz. or R. cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.) Aidia genipiflora (DC.) Dandy (as R. genipiflora DC.) Atractocarpus fitzalanii Atractocarpus fitzalanii Atractocarpus fitzalanii is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family found in tropical Queensland in Australia... (F.Muell.) Puttock (as R. fitzalanii (F.Muell.) Benth.) Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng. (as R. malabarica Lam.) Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale (as R. sinensis (Lour.) Schult.) Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. (as R. dumetorum (Retz.) Poir. or R. spinosa (Thunb.) Poir.) Catunaregam tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Tirveng. (as R. tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Hook.f.)

Coddia rudis (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc. (as R. rudis E. Mey. ex Harv.) Porterandia penduliflora (K.Schum.) Keay (as R. penduliflora K.Schum. or R. sericantha K.Schum. ex Engl.) Rosenbergiodendron formosum (Jacq.) Fagerl. (as R. formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. or R. mussaenda (L.f.) DC.) Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Fagerl. (as R. ruiziana DC.) Rothmannia longiflora Salisb. (as R. maculata DC.) Rothmannia whitfieldii (Lindl.) Dandy (as R. malleifera (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f.) Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre (as R. uliginosa (Retz.) Poir.)

External links

• Randia at the USDA PLANTS database.