Exostema · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
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
Native toBahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras
Common Name: quina
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Exostemma subcordatum 135-8274.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Exostema
- Commons category
- Exostema
- taxon common name
- exostema
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Article
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.
Connections
plant
Entity
tree
Entity
Central America
Entity
Caribbean
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Ancient Greek
Entity
Wikidata
Entity
Angiosperms
Entity
family
Entity
genus
Entity
etymology science
Entity
shrub
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity
taxonomy
Entity
Wikispecies
Entity
tracheophyte
Entity
West Indies
Entity
Rubiaceae
Entity
stamen
Entity
Q180686
Entity