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Rubiaceae

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Also known as madder family, coffee family, bedstraw family

Rubiaceae () is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 14,200 species in about 615 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family by number of species. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include Coffea, the source

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Rubiaceae is a family of plants within the order Gentianales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The family includes approximately 614 genera and has the type genus Rubia. Its fruit type is a capsule, and it utilizes CAM photosynthesis. The taxon is accepted and has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Records indicate that Rubiaceae has a habitat that includes marine and brackish environments. Occurrence data is extensive, with over 10 million records noted. Specific records from Mexico are held by institutions including IEA-UAT, CICY, ECOSUR, IIB-UV, and FC-UNAM. The family is referenced by 2,686 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

broščevke

Rubiaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyRubiaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded10,547,069

茜（qiàn）草科（学名：Rubiaceae）是真雙子葉植物龍膽目下的一個科。早期的分類系統（克朗奎斯特分类法）將茜草科分類在茜草目內。而近期的分類系統（APG II 分类法）則是將茜草科分類在龍膽目內，且將離瓣茜草科、Henriqueziaceae、烏檀科、纖花草科併入到茜草科內，新的茜草科有600多屬，10000種以上，中国大约有80属500余种，多数分布在南方。本科植物分為三個亞科： 茜草亞科（Rubioideae） 金雞納亞科（Cinchonoideae） 仙丹花亞科（Ixoroideae） 本科的茜草屬、梔子屬可以做染料，咖啡可以做飲料，金雞納屬、豬殃殃屬、蔓虎刺屬、檄樹屬、鉤藤屬可以做藥用植物，龍船花屬、玉葉金花屬、寒丁子屬可以做觀賞植物。 目录 1 種系發生 2 分類 2.1 基群 2.2 金雞納亞科（英语：Cinchonoideae） 2.3 仙丹花亞科（英语：Ixoroideae） 2.4 茜草亞科（英语：Rubioideae） 3 外部連結 種系發生 茜草科 茜草亞科（英语：Rubioideae） Rubioideae 仙丹花亞科（英语：Ixoroideae） Ixoroideae 金雞納亞科（英语：Cinchonoideae） Cinchonoideae 瓢簞藤族（英语：Coptosapelteae） Coptosapelteae 滇丁香族 Luculieae 分類 基群 共59種 Coptosapelteae（英语：Coptosapelteae） Bremek.（英语：Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp） ex S.P.Darwin （55種） 滇丁香族 Luculieae Rydin & B.Bremer （4種） 金雞納亞科（英语：Cinchonoideae） Cinchonoideae Raf. （1708種） Chiococceae（英语：Chiococceae） Benth. & Hook.f. （224種） Cinchoneae（英语：Cinchoneae） DC. （125種） Guettardeae（英语：Guettardeae） DC. （747種） Hamelieae（英语：Hamelieae） A.Rich. ex DC. （171種） Hymenodictyeae（英语：Hymenodictyeae） Razafim. & B.Bremer （25種） Hillieae（英语：Hillieae） Bremek.（英语：Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp） ex S.P.Darwin （29種） Isertieae（英语：Isertieae） A.Rich. ex DC. （16種） Naucleeae（英语：Naucleeae） D

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26,406
With media
13,631
Family
Rubiaceae
Collections
IEA-UAT, CICY, ECOSUR, IIB-UV, FC-UNAM, IBUNAM
Recorded in
Mexico
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Research

7,763 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rubiales
Image
(MHNT) Galium verum inflorescence.jpg
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taxon rank
family
Commons category
Rubiaceae
taxon name
Rubiaceae
topic's main category
Category:Rubiaceae
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=975
taxon common name
broščevke
has fruit type
capsule
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
taxonomic type
Rubia
uses
CAM photosynthesis
Montana Plant Life URL
montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/family03.cgi?Rubiaceae
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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Flower biology
  • Fruit biology
  • Associations with other organisms
  • Systematics
  • Taxonomy
  • Subfamilies and tribes
  • [[Rubioideae]]
  • Dialypetalanthoideae
  • Genera
  • Phylogeny
  • Evolution
  • Uses
  • Food
  • Beverage
  • Medicinal
  • Ornamentals
  • Dyes
  • Culture
  • Image gallery
  • References
  • External links

Rubiaceae () is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 14,200 species in about 615 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family by number of species. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include Coffea, the source of coffee; Cinchona, the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine; ornamental cultivars (e.g., Gardenia, Ixora, Pentas); and historically some dye plants (e.g., Rubia).

==Description== The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar stipules, tubular sympetalous actinomorphic corollas and an inferior ovary.

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