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Exostema
Sign in to saveExostema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of trees and shrubs, endemic to the neotropics, with most of the species occurring in the West Indies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Common Name: quina
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 117
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, CICY, IEA-UAT, INECOL, GH, US
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, El Salvador, Caribbean, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cinchonoideae
- Image
- Exostemma subcordatum 135-8274.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Exostema
- taxon name
- Exostema
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Exostema
- taxon common name
- exostema
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Systematics
- Species
- References
- External links
Exostema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of trees and shrubs, endemic to the neotropics, with most of the species occurring in the West Indies.
==Description== Exostema is a genus of neotropical trees and shrubs. The flowers have a slender corolla tube with recurved corolla lobes. The stamens are inserted near the base of the corolla tube and exserted well beyond its mouth. The anthers are long and basifixed.
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