Ixora nigricans

Ixora nigricans, or black ixora, is a plant growing up to a height of 5 metres. It is found as common undergrowth in evergreen forests to dry evergreen forests up to 1900 m.[2] Black Ixora is found in throughout the forests of the Western Ghats of India .[3]

Black ixora
Flower buds
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Ixora
Species:
I. nigricans
Binomial name
Ixora nigricans
R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. (1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ixora affinis Wall. ex Craib
  • Ixora affinis var. arguta (Hook.f.) Craib
  • Ixora affinis var. plumea (Ridl.) Craib
  • Ixora arguta (Hook.f.) King & Gamble
  • Ixora densa R.Br. ex Wall. [Invalid]
  • Ixora erubescens Wall. ex G.Don
  • Ixora memecylifolia Kurz
  • Ixora nigricans var. arguta Hook.f.
  • Ixora nigricans var. erubrescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Kurz
  • Ixora nigricans var. ovalis Pierre ex Pit.
  • Ixora plumea Ridl.
  • Pavetta erubescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Miq.

References
  1. Synonyms from theplantlist.org
  2. http://www.biotik.org/india/species/i/ixornigr/ixornigr_en.html
  3. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Black%20Ixora.html
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