''Rothmannia'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the
family Rubiaceae. 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.
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:
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Rothmannia annae
''Rothmannia annae'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Seychelles. It is found in its natural state only on Aride Island
Aride Island is the northernmost granitic island in the Seychelles ( Bird Island is the ...
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(E.P. Wright) Keay
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Rothmannia capensis
''Rothmannia capensis'' is a South African tree belonging to the Rubiaceae, usually about 5 m high in the open, but reaching 20 m under forest conditions. It occurs from the south-western Cape Province along the coastal regions and in ...
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Thunb.
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Rothmannia ebamutensis''
Sonké
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Rothmannia engleriana
''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 generall ...
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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 ...
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Rothmannia globosa''
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Rothmannia hispida
''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 ...
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(K.Schum.
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) Fagerl.
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Rothmannia jollyana
''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 ...
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N. Hallé
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Rothmannia lateriflora
''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 ...
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) Keay
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Rothmannia libisa
''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 ...
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N. Hallé
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Rothmannia liebrechtsiana
''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 ...
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( De Wild. & T. Durand) Keay
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Rothmannia longiflora
''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 ...
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Rothmannia lujae
''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 ...
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( De Wild.) Keay
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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 ...
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See also
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) Keay
* ''
Rothmannia macrosiphon''
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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 ...
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* Barry Hiern (born 1951), Australian cricketer
*Ross Hiern (1922–1999), Australian cricketer
*William Philip Hiern (1839–1925), British mathematician and botanist
See also
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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 ...
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(R.D. Good) Keay
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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 ...
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Life and explorations
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* Barry Hiern (born 1951), Australian cricketer
*Ross Hiern (1922–1999), Australian cricketer
*William Philip Hiern (1839–1925), British mathematician and botanist
See also
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) E.M.A. Petit
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Rothmannia octomera
''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 generall ...
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Rothmannia ravae
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunberg – both were pupils of Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus.
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Rothmannia talbotii
''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 generall ...
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(Wernham) Keay
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Rothmannia urcelliformis''
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*Ross Hiern (1922–1999), Australian cricketer
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See also
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Biography
He received his doctorate in sciences at the University of Louvain.
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Rothmannia whitfieldii''
( Lindl.) 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
''Ridsdalea'' is an Asian genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae; it was named after Dr. Colin Ernest Ridsdale (1944–2017), who was an English botanist and Specialist in tropical plants and Rubiaceae family. The type species is ''Ridsdalea g ...
:
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* ''R. attopevensis'' (Pit.) Bremek.
* ''R. daweishanensis'' Y.M. Shui & W.H. Chen
* '' R. eucodon'' (K.Schum.
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) Bremek.
* ''R. kampucheana'' Tirveng.
* ''R. kuchingensis'' (W.W.Sm.
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Life
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) K.M. Wong and ''R. malayana'' K.M. Wong are synonyms of ''Ridsdalea grandis
''Ridsdalea grandis'' (synonym ''Gardenia grandis'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo; it is the type species of the genus ''Ridsdalea''.
References
Gardenieae
Flo ...
'' (Korth.) J.T.Pereira
* ''R. macromera'' ( Lauterb. & K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
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) Fagerl.
* ''R. merrillii'' (Elmer) J.T. Pereira & Ridsdale
* ''R. pulcherrima'' (Kurz
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) 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 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