8173.000 Rondeletia
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Kirkbride, J.H. (1968) A Revision of the Panamanian Species of Rondeletia (Rubiaceae) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 55 (3) 372-391
Description of the genus
Evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, rarely in whorls of 3. Stipules broad, triangular, sometimes reflexed. Flowers white, pink, red or yellow in axillary or terminal panicles or cymes. Calyx lobes 4-5. Corolla with throat either glabrous or densely bearded, 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens 4-5. Ovary 2-locular, with many ovules per loculus. Fruit a usually spherical capsule. Seeds without wings. Derivation of name: Named for G. Rondelet, 1507 - 1566, French physician and naturalist Worldwide: 130 species in the West Indies, Panama and S America Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| amoena (Planch.) Hemsl. | Description, Image |
| cordata Benth. | |
| odorata Jacq. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): RondeletiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rondeletia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rondeletia
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