Rothmannia

Rothmannia is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and was named after Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae

Native toAngola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo

Observations recorded16,218

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 749
With media: 525
Family: Rubiaceae
Collections: GH, A, MICH
Recorded in: Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia/Sarawak, Australia, Uganda, Malawi, Papua New Guinea

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Rubiaceae
Image: Rothmannia globosa00.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Rothmannia
taxon name: Rothmannia
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Rothmannia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10558
taxon common name: 非洲

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Asian species moved to other genera
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Rothmannia is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and was named after Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.

==Description== Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally organized in many-flowered inflorescences, solitary flowers are also found in this genus. The reduction of the number of flowers per inflorescence is often in inverse proportion to the size of the flowers, which explains the large solitary flowers of some Rothmannia.

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