Carphalea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Knoxieae |
Genus: | Carphalea Juss. |
Type species | |
Carphalea madagascariensis |
Carphalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [1] It is endemic to Madagascar. [2]
As of March 2023 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepted three species: [2]
Anthospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.
Dirichletia obovata, synonym Carphalea obovata, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Socotra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Pyrostria is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Madagascar, others occur on islands in the western Indian Ocean, a few are found in continental Africa, and only six species occur in tropical Southeast Asia. The formerly recognized genus Leroya, containing two species endemic to Madagascar, L. madagascariensis and L. richardiae, was sunk into synonymy with Pyrostria.
Tricalysia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and on the islands in the Western Indian Ocean.
Breonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Most species are trees, rarely shrubs.
Hymenodictyon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has about 30 species. All are native to the Old World. The wood of Hymenodictyon orixense is soft and has limited use, mostly for boxes. The type species for Hymenodictyon is Hymenodictyon orixense.
Peponidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar, except for Peponidium ovato-oblongum and Peponidium venulosum that are found on the Comoros, and Peponidium carinatum and Peponidium celastroides that are found on the Seychelles.
Razafimandimbisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Bremeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 2005 to accommodate all the Indian Ocean species formerly placed in Mussaenda, except the widespread Mussaenda arcuata. The genus is indigenous to Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion, and is found in humid to subhumid evergreen forests.
Danais is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most species are native to Madagascar; at least three others are distributed in Tanzania, Comoros, and the Mascarene Islands.
Payera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1878. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.
Euclinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical Africa and Madagascar.
Galiniera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical Africa and Madagascar.
Anne-Marie Homolle (1912-2006), was a French botanist noted for studying and collecting plants of Madagascar. She identified at least 260 species of plants native to Madagascar, and two genera were named in her honor: Homollea and Homolliella.
Homollea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Phyllopentas is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Schismatoclada is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Helictosperma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Melanoxerus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Schizenterospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.