''Rogiera'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae. It has 15
species
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and its native range is from Mexico to Colombia.
''
Rogiera amoena'', ''Rogiera cordata'', and ''Rogiera gratissima'' are sometimes
cultivated as
ornamentals.
[Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. (set)]
The
type species
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for the genus is ''Rogiera amoena''.
''Rogiera'' was
named and published by
Jules Émile Planchon in ''Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe'' (Fl. Serres Jard. Eur.) Vol.5 on page 442 in 1849.
[Jules Émile Planchon. 1849. ''Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe'' 5:442 and illustration.] The name honours the
Belgian politician
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Charles Latour Rogier
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(1800–1885), who was also Minister for the Interior and patron of horticulture.
Thomas Moore
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Some authors have included ''Rogiera'' in a
broadly defined ''
Rondeletia'', but
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have shown that ''Rogiera'' is
closer to ''
Guettarda'' than to ''Rondeletia''.
[Ulrika Manns and Birgitta Bremer. 2010. "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 56(1):21-39. ]
Species
The following species list may be incomplete or contain
synonyms
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;
* ''
Rogiera amoena'' Planch.
* ''
Rogiera backhouses''(Hook.f.) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera breedlovei'' (Lorence) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera cordata'' (Benth.) Planch.
* ''
Rogiera edwardsii'' (Standl.) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera gratissima'' Linden
* ''
Rogiera ligustroides'' (Hemsl.) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera macdougallii'' (Lorence) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera nicaraguensis'' (Oerst.) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera oaxacensis'' Borhidi & K.Velasco
* ''
Rogiera standleyana
''Rogiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has 15 species and its native range is from Mexico to Colombia.
''Rogiera amoena'', ''Rogiera cordata'', and ''Rogiera gratissima'' are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals.A ...
'' (Ant.Molina) Lorence
* ''
Rogiera stenosiphon
''Rogiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has 15 species and its native range is from Mexico to Colombia.
''Rogiera amoena'', ''Rogiera cordata'', and ''Rogiera gratissima'' are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals.A ...
'' (Hemsl.) Borhidi
* ''
Rogiera tabascensis
''Rogiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has 15 species and its native range is from Mexico to Colombia.
''Rogiera amoena'', ''Rogiera cordata'', and ''Rogiera gratissima'' are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals.A ...
'' Borhidi
References
External links
Rubiaceae genera
Guettardeae
Plants described in 1849
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