Mussaenda Raiateensis

	Mussaenda Raiateensis ''Mussaenda raiateensis'', commonly known as the Pacific mussaenda or Pacific flag-tree, is a plant of family Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ... native to Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Society Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15475026 raiateensis Flora of Tonga Flora of the Cook Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include ''Coffea'', the source of coffee, '' Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', '' Gardenia'', ''Ixora'', ''Pentas''), and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', ''Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar stipules, tubu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mussaenda ''Mussaenda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Species ''Mussaenda'' includes the following species: * '' Mussaenda acuminata'' Blume (1826) * '' Mussaenda acuminatissima'' Merr. (1920 publ. 1921) * '' Mussaenda aestuarii'' K.Schum. (1905) * '' Mussaenda afzelii'' G.Don (1834) * '' Mussaenda afzelioides'' Wernham (1913) * '' Mussaenda albiflora'' Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1910) * '' Mussaenda angolensis'' Wernham (1913) * ''Mussaenda angustisepala'' Ridl. (1923) * '' Mussaenda anisophylla'' Vidal (1885) * '' Mussaenda antiloga'' Chun & W.C.Ko (1974) * '' Mussaenda aptera'' Pit. (1923) * ''Mussaenda arcuata'' Poir. (1797) * ''Mussaenda attenuifolia'' Elmer (1913) * ''Mussaenda bammleri'' Valeton (1925) * ''Mussaenda benguetensis'' Elmer (1906) * ''Mussaenda bevanii'' F.Muell. (Nov. 1887) * ''Mussaenda bityensis'' Wernham (1919) * ''Mussaenda bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of Tonga Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]