Catesbaea
Catesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys.[1] The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.[2]
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| Catesbaea spinosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Chiococceae |
| Genus: | Catesbaea L. |
| Type species | |
| Catesbaea spinosa | |
Species
- Catesbaea ekmaniana Urb. - Haiti
- Catesbaea flaviflora Urb. - Cuba
- Catesbaea foliosa Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands
- Catesbaea fuertesii Urb. - Dominican Republic
- Catesbaea gamboana Urb. - Cuba
- Catesbaea glabra Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti
- Catesbaea grayi Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti
- Catesbaea holacantha C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba
- Catesbaea longispina A.Rich. - Cuba
- Catesbaea macrantha C.Wright - Cuba
- Catesbaea melanocarpa Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
- Catesbaea microcarpa Urb. - Haiti
- Catesbaea nana Greenm. - Cuba
- Catesbaea parviflora Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
- Catesbaea parvifolia DC. - Dominican Republic, Haiti
- Catesbaea sphaerocarpa Urb. - Haiti
- Catesbaea spinosa L. - Cuba, Bahamas
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References
- "Catesbaea in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Partington CF, ed. (1835). The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History. 1. London: Orr & Smith. pp. 748–749. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius.
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