''Rothmannia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
family
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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 ...
. It was described in 1776 and is named for
G̦ran Rothman G̦ran (Georg) Rothman (30 November 1739, in Husebybruk, Sm̴land, Sweden Р3 December 1778, in Stockholm), was a Swedish naturalist, physician and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
His father, Johan Stensson Rothman, was a teacher of Logic ...
(1739–1778) by
Thunberg – both were pupils of
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally organized in many-flowered inflorescences, solitary flowers are also found in this genus. The reduction of the number of flowers per inflorescence is often invertedly proportionate to the size of the flowers, which explains the large solitary flowers of some ''Rothmannia''.
Distribution and species
The genus originally had wide distribution, but is now restricted to species found in tropical and southern Africa:
* ''
Rothmannia annae''
(E.P. Wright) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia capensis''
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 Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...
* ''
Rothmannia ebamutensis''
Sonké
* ''
Rothmannia engleriana''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia fischeri
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally org ...
''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Bullock
Bullock may refer to:
Animals
* Bullock (in British English), a castrated male bovine animal of any age
* Bullock (in North America), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal)
* Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an ox, an adu ...
ex Oberm.
* ''
Rothmannia globosa
''Rothmannia globosa'' is a small but highly decorative South African tree of the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in evergreen forest and along forest margins in the Eastern Cape and north to Limpopo Province and Eswatini.
Bark is greyish-brown wit ...
''
(Hochst.
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Biography
Hochstetter was born in Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. He was the father of geologist Ferdinand H ...
) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia hispida''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Fagerl.
* ''
Rothmannia jollyana''
N. Hallé
* ''
Rothmannia lateriflora''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia libisa''
N. Hallé
* ''
Rothmannia liebrechtsiana''
( De Wild. & T. Durand) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia longiflora''
Salisb.
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* ''
Rothmannia lujae''
( De Wild.) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia macrocarpa
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally org ...
''
( Hiern) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia macrosiphon
''Rothmannia macrosiphon'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa wi ...
''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Bridson
* ''
Rothmannia manganjae
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally org ...
''
( Hiern) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia mayumbensis
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally org ...
''
(R.D. Good) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia munsae
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally org ...
''
(Schweinf.
Georg August Schweinfurth (29 December 1836 – 19 September 1925) was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa.
Life and explorations
He was born at Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. He was ...
ex Hiern) E.M.A. Petit
* ''
Rothmannia octomera''
(Hook.
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) Fagerl.
* ''
Rothmannia ravae''
(Chiov.
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Chiovenda was born in Rome in 1871 to a family originating from rural Piedmont. He was educated at the Collegio Rosmini in Stresa and Domodossola College b ...
) Bridson
* ''
Rothmannia talbotii''
(Wernham) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia urcelliformis''
( Hiern) Bullock
Bullock may refer to:
Animals
* Bullock (in British English), a castrated male bovine animal of any age
* Bullock (in North America), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal)
* Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an ox, an adu ...
ex Robyns
* ''
Rothmannia whitfieldii''
(Lindl.
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Early years
Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...
) Dandy
Asian species moved to other genera
The species found in western Indian Ocean, southern China to Indo-China and New Guinea are now placed in other genera, especially ''
Ridsdalea:
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* ''R. attopevensis'' (Pit.) Bremek.
* ''R. daweishanensis'' Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen
* '' R. eucodon'' (K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Bremek.
* ''R. kampucheana'' Tirveng.
* ''R. kuchingensis'' ( W.W.Sm.) K.M. Wong and ''R. malayana'' K.M. Wong are synonyms of '' Ridsdalea grandis'' (Korth.) J.T.Pereira
* ''R. macromera'' ( Lauterb. & K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Fagerl.
* ''R. merrillii'' (Elmer) J.T. Pereira & Ridsdale
* ''R. pulcherrima'' ( Kurz) Tirveng.
* ''R. schoemannii'' ( Teijsm. & Binn.) Tirveng.
* ''R. sootepensis'' (Craib) Bremek.
* ''R. thailandica'' Tirveng.
* ''R. uranthera'' (C.E.C. Fisch.) Tirveng.
* ''R. venalis'' Bremek.
* ''R. vidalii'' Bremek.
* ''R. vietnamensis'' Tirveng.
* ''R. wittii'' (Craib) Bremek.
''Rothmannia macrophylla'' (Hook.f.
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) Bremek. is a synonym of ''Singaporandia
''Singaporandia macrophylla'' (Hook.f.) K.M.Wong is a small tree of the family Rubiaceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Singaporandia''. It occurs in lowland dipterocarp forest in Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra.
The genus name of ''Sin ...
macrophylla'' (Hook.f.) K.M.Wong
References
External links
''Rothmannia'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2703581
Rubiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot