''Benkara'' is a

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s in the family

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. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the

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, south to

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and the Philippines. It was described by

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in 1763.Adanson, Michel. 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 85, ''Benkara''
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Species

* '' Benkara armigera'' (

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) Ridsdale - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia * '' Benkara depauperata'' (

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) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam * '' Benkara emanuelssoniana'' ( Lour.) Ridsdale - Palawan * ''

Benkara esculenta ''Benkara'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the Ryukyu Islands, south to Java and the Philippines. It was described by Michel Adanson in 1763. Spe ...

'' ( Lour.) Ridsdale - Vietnam * '' Benkara evenosa'' (

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) Ridsdale - Yunnan * '' Benkara fasciculata'' (

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) Ridsdale - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines * '' Benkara forrestii'' (J.Anthony) Ridsdale - Yunnan, Thailand * '' Benkara griffithii'' (

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) Ridsdale - China, Assam, Bhutan * '' Benkara hoaensis'' (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Vietnam * ''

Benkara malabarica ''Benkara'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the Ryukyu Islands, south to Java and the Philippines. It was described by Michel Adanson in 1763. Spe ...

'' ( Lam.) Tirveng - India, Sri Lanka * '' Benkara microcarpa'' ( Bartl. ex

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) Ridsdale - Philippines * ''

Benkara miquelii ''Benkara'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the Ryukyu Islands, south to Java and the Philippines. It was described by Michel Adanson in 1763. Spe ...

'' (Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale - Java * '' Benkara ovoidea'' (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam * '' Benkara parviflora'' (

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) Ridsdale - Peninsular Malaysia * '' Benkara pierrei'' (Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Vietnam * '' Benkara rectispina'' (

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) Ridsdale - Hainan * '' Benkara scandens'' (

Thunb. Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...

) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam, Philippines * '' Benkara sinensis'' ( Lour.) Ridsdale - China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands)

References

External links

''Benkara'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Gardenieae Rubiaceae genera Taxa named by Michel Adanson {{Ixoroideae-stub