Geniostoma | |
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Geniostoma ligustrifolium | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Loganiaceae |
Genus: | Geniostoma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776) |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Geniostoma is a genus of around 49 species of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. [1] They are shrubs or small trees, with inflorescences borne in the axils of the simple, petiolate, oppositely-arranged leaves. [2] The flowers are arranged in cymes, and each is pentamerous. [2]
The name Geniostoma derives from the Greek words γένειον (geneion; "beard") and στόμα (stoma; "mouth"), referring to the hairs in the corolla tube of some species. [3] The genus is widely distributed across the Pacific Ocean from Japan, Malesia to Australia in the west, and east to the Tuamotu Archipelago; one species is also found on the Mascarene Islands. [3]
The Hawaiian endemic genus Labordia is included in Geniostoma by Plants of the World Online and other authors. [3] [4] [1] The Hawaiian species are commonly known as labordias or as Kamakahala in Hawaiian. [5] These two genera have been grouped together in the family "Geniostomaceae", [6] but are considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be part of a wider Loganiaceae. [7]
49 species are accepted. [1]
Melicope is a genus of about 240 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from the Hawaiian Islands across the Pacific Ocean to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus Melicope have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in panicles, with four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens and fruit composed of up to four follicles.
Xylosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains around 100 species of evergreen shrubs and trees commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, "logwoods". The generic name is derived from the Greek words ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood, tree", and ὀσμή (osmé), meaning "smell", referring to the fragrant wood of some of the species. The Takhtajan system places it in the family Flacourtiaceae, which is considered defunct by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
Dracaena is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs. The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae. It has also formerly been separated into the family Dracaenaceae or placed in the Agavaceae.
Phyllostegia is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific. Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis, became extinct before 2021 and was delisted from the Endangered Species Act based on extinction.
Capparis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae. It includes 142 species of shrubs or lianas which are collectively known as caper shrubs or caperbushes. Capparis species occur over a wide range of habitat in the subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Eurasia, Australasia, and the Pacific.
Geniostoma hirtella, the mountain labordia, is a species of flowering plant in the Loganiaceae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Geniostoma kaalae, the Waianae Range labordia, is a species of flowering plant in the Loganiaceae family.
Geniostoma lydgatei, the Wahiawa Mountain labordia, is a species of flowering plant in the Loganiaceae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is present only in the Wahiawa Mountains of Kauai. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Melodinus is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Indomalaya, Meganesia and various islands in the western Pacific. A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from Melodinus plants.
Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Myrsine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae. It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It contains over 280 species, including several notable radiations, such as the matipo of New Zealand and the kōlea of Hawaiʻi. In the United States, members of this genus are known as colicwood. Some species, especially M. africana, are grown as ornamental shrubs.
Hedycarya is a genus of dioecious trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae. It includes 16 species native to eastern Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Samoan Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. The genus was named and formerly described in 1776 by botanists Johann and Georg Forster in Characteres Generum Plantarum. The limit of the genus may require change as it appears paraphyletic in phylogenetic analyses, with the genera Kibaropsis and Levieria nested in it.
Phaleria is flowering plant genus of about 20–25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae.
Stenogyne is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family first described in 1830. The entire genus is endemic to Hawaii.
Geniostoma ligustrifolium, commonly known as hangehange, is a species of plant in the Loganiaceae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found on the North Island, and in Marlborough at the northern tip of the South Island. Other common names are pāpā and privet leaf. A shrub common on forest margins, to 4 metres (13 ft) tall. It is popular as a garden specimen.
Geniostoma sykesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Loganiaceae, endemic to the islands of Mangaia and Mitiaro in the Cook Islands. It grows on makatea terrain. Its dried leaves are used in ‘ei, and used to scent multiple products.
Geniostoma rupestre is a species of flowering plant in the family Loganaceae. It is a shrub or tree which ranges from Taiwan and Malesia to Papuasia, Queensland, New Zealand, and the western and central Pacific islands.