Bikkia
Encyclopedia
Bikkia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. It is native
to eastern Malesia
and the western Pacific
. The genus was named
by Caspar Reinwardt
in 1825. Bikkia is polyphyletic and Bikkia tetrandra is more related to Badusa
than to some other species of Bikkia.
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 is native
Indigenous (ecology)
In biogeography, a species is defined as native to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention. Every natural organism has its own natural range of distribution in which it is regarded as native...
to eastern Malesia
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.-Floristic province:...
and the western Pacific
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
. The genus was named
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
by Caspar Reinwardt
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist.Reinwardt was the founder and first director of agriculture of the botanic garden at Bogor in Java...
in 1825. Bikkia is polyphyletic and Bikkia tetrandra is more related to Badusa
Badusa
Badusa is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It is found from the Philippines to the West Pacific.-Species:* Badusa corymbifera A.Gray* Badusa palauensis Valeton* Badusa palawanensis Ridsdale...
than to some other species of Bikkia.
Species
- Bikkia artensis (Montrouz.) GuillauminAndré GuillauminAndré Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin is a French botanist who was born on 21 June 1885 in Arrou and died on 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons. He obtained his license in natural sciences in 1906 and began work in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris in 1909 as a preparer...
- Bikkia bridgeana F.Muell.
- Bikkia campanulata (Brongn.) Schltr.
- Bikkia commerconiana 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...
- Bikkia gaudichaudiana Brongn.
- Bikkia guilloviana Brongn.
- Bikkia kaalaensisBikkia kaalaensisBikkia kaalaensis is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
N.Hallé & Jérémie - Bikkia lenormandiiBikkia lenormandiiBikkia lenormandii is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
N.Hallé & Jérémie - Bikkia macrophylla (Brongn.) 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...
- Bikkia moluccana Suess. ex Troll & Dragend.
- Bikkia neriifolia (Brongn.) Schltr.
- Bikkia pachyphyllaBikkia pachyphyllaBikkia pachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
GuillauminAndré GuillauminAndré Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin is a French botanist who was born on 21 June 1885 in Arrou and died on 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons. He obtained his license in natural sciences in 1906 and began work in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris in 1909 as a preparer... - Bikkia palauensis Valeton
- Bikkia pancheri (Brongn.) GuillauminAndré GuillauminAndré Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin is a French botanist who was born on 21 June 1885 in Arrou and died on 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons. He obtained his license in natural sciences in 1906 and began work in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris in 1909 as a preparer...
- Bikkia parviflora Schltr. & K.Krause
- Bikkia philippinensis Valeton
- Bikkia retusiflora (Brongn.) Schltr.
- Bikkia tetrandra (L.f.) A.Rich.
- Bikkia tubiflora (Brongn.) Schltr.