- Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
Oldenlandia L.
[FZ]
Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 5:1. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or rarely subshrubs, the stems erect or prostrate, simple or branched, or rarely cushion-herbs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite; stipules with 1-several fimbriae from a short base which is often adnate to the leaf base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers mostly small, hermaphrodite, heterostylous or isostylous, in terminal or axillary lax or dense inflorescences or sometimes fasciculate or solitary at the nodes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx lobes 4 (rarely more), mostly small, equal, narrowly to broadly triangular.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tube usually short, cylindrical; lobes 4; throat often hairy.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens enclosed or exserted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 2-locular; ovules mostly numerous on peltate placentas; style short or long, included or exserted, filiform; stigma lobes linear to subglobose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule subglobose to oblong, usually with a loculicidally dehiscent beak.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds mostly numerous, angular or subglobose, smooth or alveolate, often becoming viscid when moistened; testa cells smooth to distinctly punctate, granular or tuberculate.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules with usually 1–several slender fimbriae from a short base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers bisexual, often heterostylous, in terminal or axillary lax or dense inflorescences or sometimes clustered or solitary at the nodes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-lobes 4
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla-tube normally short, cylindrical, often hairy in throat; lobes 4, valvate in bud
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, included or exserted
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2-celled; ovules ± numerous on peltate placentas inserted near the middle of the septum; style slender, included or exserted; stigma-lobes linear to subglobose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule loculicidally dehiscent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds angular to subglobose, smooth or reticulate.
- Distribution
- Genus with an estimated 200 species, but true number probably lower, widespread in the tropics.
[FTEA]
Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or rarely subshrubs, the stems erect or prostrate, simple or branched, or rarely cushion-herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite; stipules with 1–several fimbriae from a short base which is often adnate to the leaf-base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers mostly small, hermaphrodite, heterostylous or isostylous, in terminal or axillary lax or dense inflorescences or sometimes fasciculate or solitary at the nodes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-lobes 4 (rarely more), mostly small, equal, narrowly to broadly triangular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla-tube usually short, cylindrical; lobes 4; throat often hairy
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens enclosed or exserted
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 2-locular; ovules mostly numerous on peltate placentas; style short or long, included or exserted, filiform; stigma-lobes linear to subglobose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule subglobose to oblong, usually with a loculicidally dehiscent beak
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds mostly numerous, angular or subglobose, smooth or alveolate, often becoming viscid when moistened; testa-cells smooth to distinctly punctate or granular.
Native to:
Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Ascension
Introduced into:
Belize, Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Marshall Is., Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Oldenlandia accedens (Miq.) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia acicularis Bremek.
- Oldenlandia adscensionis (DC.) Cronk
- Oldenlandia aegialodes Bremek.
- Oldenlandia aemulans Bremek.
- Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC.
- Oldenlandia apoensis Elmer
- Oldenlandia arenarioides Willd.
- Oldenlandia aretioides Vierh.
- Oldenlandia argillacea (Halford) Halford
- Oldenlandia aridosa Valeton
- Oldenlandia attenuata (Willd.) M.R.Almeida
- Oldenlandia balfourii Bremek.
- Oldenlandia banksii Elmer
- Oldenlandia bicornuta (Balf.f.) Bremek.
- Oldenlandia boscii (DC.) Chapm.
- Oldenlandia brachypetala (Phil.) E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo
- Oldenlandia brachyphylla Merr.
- Oldenlandia breviflora Chiov.
- Oldenlandia butensis (Masam.) Govaerts
- Oldenlandia cana Bremek.
- Oldenlandia capensis L.f.
- Oldenlandia capillipes Griseb.
- Oldenlandia capituligera (Hance) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia chevalieri Pit.
- Oldenlandia chiovendae (Bremek.) Verdc.
- Oldenlandia ciliata Elmer
- Oldenlandia ciliolata Korth.
- Oldenlandia clausa Blatt.
- Oldenlandia coerulescens (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia comata Craib
- Oldenlandia contracta Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
- Oldenlandia crouchiana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia cryptocarpa Chiov.
- Oldenlandia cyperoides Verdc.
- Oldenlandia debilis G.Forst.
- Oldenlandia decipiens Valeton
- Oldenlandia delicata (Halford) Halford
- Oldenlandia densa Neupane & N.Wikstr.
- Oldenlandia densiflora Bremek.
- Oldenlandia dineshii Sojan & V.Suresh
- Oldenlandia dinteri K.Krause
- Oldenlandia drymarioides (Standl.) Terrell
- Oldenlandia duemmeri S.Moore
- Oldenlandia dusenii Standl.
- Oldenlandia echinulosa K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia erythraeoides Miq.
- Oldenlandia fastigiata Bremek.
- Oldenlandia filicaulis K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia filifolia Elmer
- Oldenlandia flosculosa Hiern
- Oldenlandia forcipitistipula Verdc.
- Oldenlandia fraterna Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia friesiorum Bremek.
- Oldenlandia galioides (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia geophila Bremek.
- Oldenlandia gibsonii Halford
- Oldenlandia grandis Pit.
- Oldenlandia gregaria K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia hedyotidea (DC.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.
- Oldenlandia hockii De Wild.
- Oldenlandia horneriana Miq.
- Oldenlandia hygrophila Bremek.
- Oldenlandia hymenophylla Bremek.
- Oldenlandia ichthyoderma Cufod.
- Oldenlandia imberbis Guillaumin
- Oldenlandia incana Valeton
- Oldenlandia intonsa Halford
- Oldenlandia johnstonii (Oliv.) K.Schum. ex Engl.
- Oldenlandia justiciformis Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia kamputensis Pit.
- Oldenlandia kochiae Halford
- Oldenlandia kochii Valeton
- Oldenlandia korthalsiana Miq.
- Oldenlandia labialis Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia laceyi (Halford) Halford
- Oldenlandia lactea (Willd.) DC.
- Oldenlandia lakshnakarae Craib
- Oldenlandia lanceolata Craib
- Oldenlandia lancifolia (Schumach.) DC.
- Oldenlandia largiflorens (Halford) Halford
- Oldenlandia laurentii De Wild.
- Oldenlandia lechleriana (Schltdl.) B.D.Jacks.
- Oldenlandia lecomtei Pit.
- Oldenlandia leptocaulis (Halford) Halford
- Oldenlandia leptoneura Pit.
- Oldenlandia linearifolia Thunb.
- Oldenlandia longifolia DC.
- Oldenlandia machingensis Verdc.
- Oldenlandia macrosepala Pit.
- Oldenlandia maestrensis Alain
- Oldenlandia mairei (H.Lév.) Chun
- Oldenlandia manyoniensis Bremek.
- Oldenlandia marcanii Craib
- Oldenlandia massiei Pit.
- Oldenlandia microcalyx K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia microcarpa Bremek.
- Oldenlandia microphylla De Wild. & T.Durand
- Oldenlandia microtheca (Cham. & Schltdl.) DC.
- Oldenlandia mitrasacmoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia mollis (Wall. ex G.Don) K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia monanthos (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Hiern
- Oldenlandia monocephala Kuntze
- Oldenlandia mouretii Pit.
- Oldenlandia multiglomerulata Pit.
- Oldenlandia muscosa Bremek.
- Oldenlandia nematocaulis Bremek.
- Oldenlandia neomicrophylla Govaerts
- Oldenlandia nervosa Hiern
- Oldenlandia nigrescens Urb. & Ekman
- Oldenlandia nudiflora Thunb.
- Oldenlandia ocellata Bremek.
- Oldenlandia ovata S.Watson
- Oldenlandia oxycoccoides Bremek.
- Oldenlandia paludosa K.Krause
- Oldenlandia paniculata L.
- Oldenlandia parishii Hook.f.
- Oldenlandia parva Troch.
- Oldenlandia patula Bremek.
- Oldenlandia peduncularis (King) F.N.Williams
- Oldenlandia pierrei Pit.
- Oldenlandia pilulifera Pit.
- Oldenlandia platystipula (Merr.) Chun
- Oldenlandia polyclada (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia polyphylla Urb.
- Oldenlandia praecox Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia prainiana (King) Elmer
- Oldenlandia pringlei B.L.Rob.
- Oldenlandia proschii Briq.
- Oldenlandia pterospora (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia pulvinata (Balf.f.) Vierh.
- Oldenlandia pumila (L.f.) DC.
- Oldenlandia quocensis Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia racemosa Sessé & Moc.
- Oldenlandia recurva (Korth.) Miq.
- Oldenlandia rhabdina Bremek.
- Oldenlandia richardsonioides (K.Schum.) Verdc.
- Oldenlandia rigidula Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia robinsonii Pit.
- Oldenlandia rosmarinifolia Pit.
- Oldenlandia rosulata K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia rudis Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia ruelliformis Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia rufescens Schinz
- Oldenlandia rupicola (Sond.) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia salzmannii (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Oldenlandia santubongensis W.W.Sm.
- Oldenlandia saxifragoides Chiov.
- Oldenlandia schaeferi K.Krause
- Oldenlandia sclerophylla Bremek.
- Oldenlandia scoparia Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia scopulorum Bullock
- Oldenlandia sedgwickii Blatt.
- Oldenlandia seineri K.Krause
- Oldenlandia selleana Urb.
- Oldenlandia sieberi Baker
- Oldenlandia sipaneoides K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia smitacrishnae Nandikar & K.C.Kishor
- Oldenlandia spathulata Halford
- Oldenlandia spermacocoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Oldenlandia stocksii Hook.f.
- Oldenlandia stolonifera Ridl.
- Oldenlandia stricta L.
- Oldenlandia subdivaricata Drake
- Oldenlandia subtilior Wernham
- Oldenlandia subulata Korth.
- Oldenlandia succosa Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia symplociformis Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia taborensis Bremek.
- Oldenlandia tardavelina Hiern
- Oldenlandia tenella (Hochst.) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia tenerrima Markgr.
- Oldenlandia tenuifolia Burm.f.
- Oldenlandia tenuis K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia thomsonii (Hook.f.) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia thysanota (Halford) Halford
- Oldenlandia tonkinensis Pit.
- Oldenlandia toussidana Quézel
- Oldenlandia triflora Thunb.
- Oldenlandia umbellata L.
- Oldenlandia umbrosa Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia uncinelloides Valeton
- Oldenlandia uvinsae Verdc.
- Oldenlandia vaginata (Blume ex DC.) K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia valerianelloides Pit.
- Oldenlandia valida Pierre ex Pit.
- Oldenlandia vasudevanii Soumya & Maya
- Oldenlandia verrucitesta Verdc.
- Oldenlandia villosostipulata Gamble
- Oldenlandia viscida (Bedd.) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia wauensis Schweinf. ex Hiern
- Oldenlandia wiedemannii K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia willdenowiana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Oldenlandia xanthochroa (Hance) Kuntze
- Oldenlandia yunnanensis (H.Lév.) Chun
Oldenlandia L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2003 | Davis, A.P. [1140], Madagascar | 72315.000 | ||
| Davis, A.P. [2730], Madagascar | 72932.000 | |||
| Baron, R. [307], Madagascar | K000046527 | Unknown type material | ||
| Maurin, O. [147], Madagascar | 76237.000 | |||
| Conceição, A.S. [434], Brazil | K001136476 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 119 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Not accepted by
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Hedyotis.]
- Smith, A.C. (1988). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 4: 1-377. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai. [Cited as Hedyotis.]
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Bremek. in Verb. K. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, 48: 20 (1952).
- —F.T.A. 3: 51, partly
Flora Zambesiaca
- Bremek. in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48(2): 183 (1952).
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 55 (1754).
- Sp. Pl.: 119 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bremek. in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48(2): 183 (1952)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 55 (1754)
- Sp Pl.: 119 (1753)
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