''Tarenna'' 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 a ...
. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands.
[ They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.][
]
Species
* '' Tarenna agumbensis'' Sundararagh.
* '' Tarenna drummondii'' Bridson
* '' Tarenna hoaensis'' Pit.
* '' Tarenna luhomeroensis'' Bridson
* '' Tarenna monosperma'' (Wight
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In its original use the word ''wight'' described a living human being, but has come to be used in fictional works in the fantasy genre to describe certain immortal bein ...
& Arn.
George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist.
Early life
George Arnott Walker Arnott was born in Edinburgh in 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary. He attended Milnathort Parish ...
) D.C.S.Raju
* ''Tarenna nilagirica
''Tarenna nilagirica'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Karnataka and Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reo ...
'' (Bedd.
Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (11 May 1830 – 23 February 1911) was a British military officer and naturalist in India, who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department. In the mid-19th century, he extensively surveyed several ...
) Bremek.
* '' Tarenna quadrangularis'' Bremek.
* '' Tarenna sechellensis'' ( Baker) Summerh.
Image gallery
File:Tarenna asiatica - flowers.JPG, '' Tarenna asiatica''
File:蘭嶼玉心花Tarenna zeylanica 20200417185624 07.jpg, '' Tarenna asiatica''
File:玉心花屬 Tarenna stellulata -新加坡植物園 Singapore Botanic Gardens- (9219895099).jpg, ''Tarenna stellulata
''Tarenna'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves a ...
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References
Rubiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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