Alibertia (Rubiaceae)

Alibertia edulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Cordiereae
Genus: Alibertia
Species: A. atlantica – A. bertierifolia – A. claviflora – A. curviflora – A. duckeana – A. dwyeri – A. edulis – A. latifolia – A. occidentalis – A. patinoi – A. pilosa – A. rotunda – A. sorbilis – A. stipularis – A. subaurea – A. tessmannii – A. utleyorum – A. venezuelensis – A. verticillata

Name

Alibertia A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 443. (1830)

• Type species: Alibertia edulis (Rich.) A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 443 (1830)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Genipella Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 443 (1830), pro syn.
  • Gardeniola Cham., Linnaea 9: 247 (1834)
  • Scepseothamnus Cham., Linnaea 9: 248 (1834)
  • Thieleodoxa Cham., Linnaea 9: 251 (1834)
  • Garapatica H.Karst., Fl. Columb. 1: 57 (1860)
  • Borojoa Cuatrec., Secr. Agric. Gan. Colomb. Serv. Divulg. Ser. Bot. Aplic. 2: 474 (1949)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 443

Additional references

• Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M., Sánchez-González, J., Hammel, B., Lorence, D.H., Persson, C., Delprete, P.G. & Gereau, R.E. 2011. Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXVIII: New taxa, new combinations, new names, and lectotypification for several species found in Mexico and Central America. Novon 21(1): 133–148. DOI: 10.3417/2009129 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Alibertia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alibertia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alibertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan. 2019.

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