Aidia
Encyclopedia
Aidia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. It was described by João de Loureiro
in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. It was described by João de Loureiro
João de Loureiro
João de Loureiro was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years. He became a specialist in Asian flora and on his return published Flora Cochinchinensis .- References :...
in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific.
Species
- Aidia acuminata (BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
) K.M.Wong - Aidia acutipetala Ridsdale
- Aidia auriculata (Wall.Nathaniel WallichNathaniel Wallich was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later joined the East India Company...
) Ridsdale - Aidia bakeri (Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
) Ridsdale - Aidia beccariana (Baill.Henri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
) Ridsdale - Aidia borneensis Ridsdale
- Aidia bracteata Ridsdale
- Aidia brisipensis Ridsdale
- Aidia chantonea Triveng.
- Aidia cochinchinensis Lour.João de LoureiroJoão de Loureiro was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years. He became a specialist in Asian flora and on his return published Flora Cochinchinensis .- References :...
- Aidia congesta (Schltr. & K.Krause) Ridsdale
- Aidia corymbosa (BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
) K.M.Wong - Aidia cowleyi Puttock
- Aidia densiflora (Wall.Nathaniel WallichNathaniel Wallich was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later joined the East India Company...
) Masam.Genkei Masamunewas a Japanese botanist, who worked in Formosa and then, after World War II, Taiwan. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo and Taiwan, as well as for the identification of large numbers of new species.-Selected publications:... - Aidia dilleniacea (Baill.Henri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
) Ridsdale - Aidia endertii Ridsdale
- Aidia foveata Ridsdale
- Aidia gardneri (Thwaites) Tirveng.
- Aidia genipiflora (DC.) Dandy
- Aidia glabra (Valeton) Ridsdale
- Aidia halleri Ridsdale
- Aidia henryi (E.Pritz.) T.Yamaz.
- Aidia heterophylla Ridsdale
- Aidia impressinervis (KingGeorge King (botanist)Sir George King , was a British botanist appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. King was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901....
& GambleJames Sykes GambleJames Sykes Gamble FRS was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.He was born in London, the son of Harpur Gamble, M.D...
) Ridsdale - Aidia jambosoides (Valeton) Ridsdale
- Aidia kinabaluensis Ridsdale
- Aidia lancifolia K.M.Wong
- Aidia longiflora Ridsdale
- Aidia magnifolia Ridsdale
- Aidia merrillii (Chun) Tirveng.
- Aidia micrantha (K.Schum.Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
) Bullock ex F.White - Aidia moluccana Ridsdale
- Aidia ochroleuca (K.Schum.Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
) E.M.A.Petit - Aidia oxyodonta (DrakeEmmanuel Drake del CastilloEmmanuel Drake del Castillo was a French botanist.He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle...
) T.Yamaz. - Aidia paiei Ridsdale
- Aidia parvifolia (KingGeorge King (botanist)Sir George King , was a British botanist appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. King was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901....
& GambleJames Sykes GambleJames Sykes Gamble FRS was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.He was born in London, the son of Harpur Gamble, M.D...
) K.M.Wong - Aidia polystachya (Valeton) Ridsdale
- Aidia pseudospicata Ridsdale
- Aidia pulcherrima (Merr.Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
) Ridsdale - Aidia pycnantha (DrakeEmmanuel Drake del CastilloEmmanuel Drake del Castillo was a French botanist.He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle...
) Tirveng. - Aidia quintasii (K.Schum.Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
) G.TaylorGeorge Taylor (botanist)Sir George Taylor FRS FRSE FLS was a Scottish botanist.Taylor was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956–71.- References :... - Aidia racemosa (Cav.Antonio José CavanillesAntonio José Cavanilles was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania, his name is abbreviated as Cav...
) Tirveng. - Aidia rhacodosepala (K.Schum.Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
) E.M.A.Petit - Aidia rubens (HiernWilliam Philip HiernWilliam Philip Hiern was a British mathematician and botanist.Hiern attended St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1857 to 1861 and attained a "first class degree" in mathematics...
) G.TaylorGeorge Taylor (botanist)Sir George Taylor FRS FRSE FLS was a Scottish botanist.Taylor was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956–71.- References :... - Aidia salicifolia (H.L.Li) T.Yamaz.
- Aidia solomonensis Ridsdale
- Aidia tomentosa (BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
) Ridsdale - Aidia vieillardii (Baill.Henri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
) Ridsdale - Aidia vitiensis (Seem.Berthold Carl SeemannBerthold Carl Seemann 25 February 1825 Hanover, Germany - 10 October 1871 Nicaragua, Central America, was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America....
) Puttock - Aidia wattii G.TaylorGeorge Taylor (botanist)Sir George Taylor FRS FRSE FLS was a Scottish botanist.Taylor was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956–71.- References :...
- Aidia waugia Ridsdale
- Aidia yunnanensis (Hutch.John Hutchinson (botanist)John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was a renowned English botanist, taxonomist and author.-Life and career:...
) T.Yamaz. - Aidia zippeliana (Scheff.) Ridsdale