- Family:
- Rubiaceae Juss.
Uncaria Schreb.
[FTEA]
Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976
- Morphology General Habit
- Woody lianes or sometimes forming scrambling bushes or thickets; flowering branches bearing strongly curved hooked spines
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate; stipules simple or 2-lobed, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences globose, solitary, axillary or terminal; flowers not fused, pedicellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-tube ellipsoid, the free part well developed, shallowly 5-undulate to distinctly 5-toothed, persistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla-tube filiform-cylindrical, funnel-shaped at the throat; lobes 5, imbricate or quincuncial
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with filaments very short; anthers apiculate, 2-thecous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 2-locular; placentas peltate, entirely covered with imbricated ascending ovules; style long and narrow, well exserted from the corolla; stigma slightly thickened with 2 marks on either side
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits fusiform, dry, dehiscent, borne on accrescent pedicels
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds small, with long fine wings from opposite ends, mostly 1 from one end and 2–3 from the other.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zaïre
- Uncaria acida (W.Hunter) Roxb.
- Uncaria africana G.Don
- Uncaria angolensis (Havil.) Welw. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
- Uncaria attenuata Korth.
- Uncaria barbata Merr.
- Uncaria bernaysii F.Muell.
- Uncaria borneensis Havil.
- Uncaria callophylla Blume ex Korth.
- Uncaria canescens Korth.
- Uncaria cordata (Lour.) Merr.
- Uncaria donisii E.M.A.Petit
- Uncaria elliptica R.Br. ex G.Don
- Uncaria gambir (W.Hunter) Roxb.
- Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel.
- Uncaria hirsuta Havil.
- Uncaria homomalla Miq.
- Uncaria kunstleri King
- Uncaria laevigata Wall. ex G.Don
- Uncaria lancifolia Hutch.
- Uncaria lanosa Wall.
- Uncaria longiflora (Poir.) Merr.
- Uncaria macrophylla Wall.
- Uncaria nervosa Elmer
- Uncaria orientalis Guillaumin
- Uncaria ovata R.Br. ex Hook.f.
- Uncaria perrottetii (A.Rich.) Merr.
- Uncaria rhynchophylla (Miq.) Miq.
- Uncaria rhynchophylloides F.C.How
- Uncaria roxburghiana Korth.
- Uncaria scandens (Sm.) Wall.
- Uncaria schlenckerae S.Moore
- Uncaria sessilifructus Roxb.
- Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil.
- Uncaria sterrophylla Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Uncaria talbotii Wernham
- Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.
- Uncaria velutina Havil.
Uncaria Schreb. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2011 | Du, N.V. et al. [HNK 2565], Vietnam | K000174747 | No | ||
| Coode, M.J.E. [6067], Indonesia | 55455.000 | No | |||
| Small, D. [694], Sierra Leone | 6294.000 | No | |||
| Spruce, R. [3221], Venezuela | K000006440 | No | |||
| Spruce, R. [3221], Venezuela | K000006439 | No | |||
| Hamilton, W.D. [45], Brazil | K001049392 | Yes | |||
| Zartman, C.E. [5860], Brazil | K001049391 | Yes |
First published in Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 1: 125 (1789)
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.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 3:41. Nom. cons.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Gen.1: 125 (1789)
- Petit in B.J.B.B. 27: 442 (1957)
- Ridsd. in Blumea 24: 68–100 (1978), nom. conserv.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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