Plocama

Plocama is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India.[1]

Plocama
Plocama calabrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Putorieae
Genus: Plocama
Aiton
Type species
Plocama pendula
Synonyms
  • Aitchisonia Hemsl. ex Aitch.
  • Bartlingia Rchb.
  • Choulettia Pomel.
  • Crocyllis E.Mey. ex Hook.f.
  • Gaillonia A.Rich. ex DC.
  • Jaubertia Guill.
  • Neogaillonia Lincz.
  • Placodium Hook.f.
  • Pseudogaillonia Linchevskii
  • Pterogaillonia Linchevskii
  • Putoria Pers.

The genus was expanded in 2007 when several other Rubiaceae genera were merged into it. There are now about 34 species.[2]

Plants of this genus are herbs or shrubs. They generally have an offensive scent when crushed. The leaves are oppositely arranged. The corolla is funnel shaped with a short to long tubular base. The fruit is either a drupe or a body that splits into two parts when ripe.[2]

Species
  • Plocama afghanica (Ehrend.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama asperuliformis (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama aucheri (Guill.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama botschantzevii (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama brevifolia (Coss. & Durieu ex Pomel) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama bruguieri (A.Rich. ex DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama bucharica (B.Fedtsch. & Des.-Shost.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama calabrica (L.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama calcicola (Puff) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama calycoptera (Decne.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama corcyllis (Sond.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama crucianelloides (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama dubia (Aitch. & Hemsl.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama eriantha (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama hymenostephana (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama iljinii (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama inopinata (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama jolana (Thulin) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama kandaharensis (Ehrend. & Qarar ex (Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama macrantha (Blatt. & Hallb.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama mestscherjakovii (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama olivieri (A.Rich. ex DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama pendula Aiton
  • Plocama puberula (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama putorioides (Radcl.-Sm.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama rosea (Hemsl. ex Aitch.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama somaliensis (Puff) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama szowitzii (DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama thymoides (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama tinctoria (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama trichophylla (Popov) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama vassilczenkoi (Lincz.) M.Backlund & Thulin
  • Plocama yemenensis (Thulin) M.Backlund & Thulin
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References
  1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. Backlund, M., Bremer, B., & Thulin, M. (2007). Paraphyly of Paederieae, recognition of Putorieae and expansion of Plocama (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae). Taxon, 56(2), 315-328.


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