''Bertiera'' 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
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. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various
:Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Bertiera'' was described by
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (November 4, 1720 – May 6, 1778) was a French pharmacist, botanist and one of the earliest botanical explorers in South America.JSTOR He was one of the first botanists to study ethnobotany in the Neotrop ...
in 1775 and the type species is ''
Bertiera guianensis''. It is the only genus in the tribe Bertiereae.
Species
* ''
Bertiera adamsii''
(Hepper) N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera aequatorialis''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera aethiopica''
Hiern
* ''
Bertiera angusiana''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera angustifolia''
Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
* ''
Bertiera annobonensis
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
G.Taylor ex Mildbr.
* ''
Bertiera arctistipula''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera batesii''
Wernham
* ''
Bertiera bicarpellata
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
(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 ...
) N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera bistipulata
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
Bojer ex Wernham
* ''
Bertiera borbonica
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
A.Rich. ex DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
* ''
Bertiera bracteolata
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
Hiern
* ''
Bertiera bracteosa
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
(Donn.Sm.) B.Ståhl & L.Andersson
* ''
Bertiera breviflora
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
Hiern
* ''
Bertiera brevithyrsa
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
A.P.Davis
* ''
Bertiera chevalieri
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
Hutch.
John Hutchinson, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London) was an English botanist, taxonomist and author.''A Botanist in Southern Afric ...
& Dalziel
* ''
Bertiera congolana''
De Wild. & T.Durand
* ''
Bertiera crinita''
( A.Rich.) Wittle & A.P.Davis
* ''
Bertiera elabensis''
K.Krause
* ''
Bertiera fimbriata''
Hepper
* ''
Bertiera globiceps''
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 ...
* ''
Bertiera gonzaleoides''
Griseb.
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879.
Biography
Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ...
* ''
Bertiera guianensis''
Aubl.
* ''
Bertiera heterophylla''
Nguembou & Sonké
* ''
Bertiera iturensis''
K.Krause
* ''
Bertiera lanx''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera laurentii''
De Wild.
* ''
Bertiera laxa''
Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
* ''
Bertiera laxissima''
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 ...
* ''
Bertiera ledermannii''
K.Krause
* ''
Bertiera lejolyana''
Nguembou & Sonké
* ''
Bertiera letouzeyi''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera longiloba''
K.Krause
* ''
Bertiera longithyrsa''
Baker
A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery.
History
Ancient history
Since grains ha ...
* ''
Bertiera loraria''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera lujae''
De Wild.
* ''
Bertiera naucleoides''
(S.Moore
Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist.
Biography
Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then work ...
) Bridson
* ''
Bertiera orthopetala''
( Hiern) N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera parviflora''
Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...
ex 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 ...
* ''
Bertiera pauloi''
Verdc.
* ''
Bertiera pedicellata''
( Hiern) Wernham
* ''
Bertiera procumbens''
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 ...
& K.Krause
* ''
Bertiera pubiflora''
( Steyerm.) L.Andersson & B.Ståhl
* ''
Bertiera racemosa''
( G.Don) 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 ...
* ''
Bertiera retrofracta''
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 ...
* ''
Bertiera rosseeliana
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
Sonké, Esono & Nguembou
* ''
Bertiera rufa''
A.Rich. ex DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
* ''
Bertiera rugosa''
L.Andersson & C.H.Perss.
* ''
Bertiera sphaerica
''Bertiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus ...
''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera spicata''
( C.F.Gaertn.) 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 ...
* ''
Bertiera subsessilis''
Hiern
* ''
Bertiera tessmannii''
K.Krause
* ''
Bertiera thollonii''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera thonneri''
De Wild. & T.Durand
* ''
Bertiera troupinii''
N.Hallé
* ''
Bertiera viburnoides''
(Standl.
Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist known for his work on neotropical plants.
__TOC__
Standley was born on March 21, 1884 in Avalon, Missouri. He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri an ...
) J.H.Kirkbr.
* ''
Bertiera zaluzania''
Comm. ex C.F.Gaertn.
References
External links
''Bertiera'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1338892
Rubiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christian Fusée-Aublet