Cubanola | |
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Cubanola domingensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
Tribe: | Chiococceae |
Genus: | Cubanola Aiello |
Type species | |
Cubanola daphnoides (Graham) Aiello | |
Synonyms | |
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Cubanola is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, with large, showy, hanging flowers. [1] They are endemic to the Dominican Republic and eastern Cuba. [2]
Diodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus is found from southern and eastern United States, South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and tropical Africa.
Pimenta is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1821. It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies.
Antirhea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. These shrubs or small trees occur on the Caribbean islands and in one case in Florida. Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus (Genipa), in Gardenia or in Randia.
Dilomilis is a genus of orchids,, consisting of five species in the Greater Antilles.
Portlandia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Members of the genus are endemic to Jamaica.
Chione is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species Chione venosa. It is native to the neotropics, occurring in most of Mexico, and throughout Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is typically a tree growing 10 to 20 meters tall. In harsh habitats, it may be dwarfed and shrubby. It has no known economic use.
Catesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.
Isidorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Amaioua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was first described by Jean Baptiste Aublet in 1775. The genus is native to tropical America from southern Mexico to Brazil, including Cuba and Trinidad.
Cubanola domingensis, or campanita, are small trees endemic to the Dominican Republic.
Chiococceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 233 species in 27 genera. Most representatives occur from southern Florida to tropical and subtropical America, except for the genera Badusa and Bikkia, which are found from the Philippines to the West Pacific, and Morierina and Thiollierea, which are native to New Caledonia.
Diodella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus has a wide distribution range and is found from the USA to tropical America and in tropical Africa.
Spermacoce brachysepala, the West Indian false buttonweed, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Ceratopyxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Ceratopyxis verbenaceae, which is endemic to Cuba. It is a resinous small tree or bush with 4.5-8 centimeter oblong leaves. The fruit it produces is 4-5 millimeters in diameter, and with small hairs attached to the skin.
Ceuthocarpus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Ceuthocarpus involucratus, which is endemic to Cuba.
Colleteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the Caribbean.
Thogsennia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Ottoschmidtia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Ottoschmidtia microphylla(Griseb.) Urb.