Luculia
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Luculia is a small genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Rubiaceae
. It presents as a shrub or small tree. Generally found on upland scrub and on woodland or forest margins. The plant has large leaves from 20-35cm with prominent veins carried in opposite pairs and with a terminal of an umbel
or corymb of tubular/open ended white, pink or creamy flowers with 5 spreading petals. The floral terminal may be from 10-20cm, depending on the species.
Species include:
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 family 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 ,...
. It presents as a shrub or small tree. Generally found on upland scrub and on woodland or forest margins. The plant has large leaves from 20-35cm with prominent veins carried in opposite pairs and with a terminal of an umbel
Umbel
An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs....
or corymb of tubular/open ended white, pink or creamy flowers with 5 spreading petals. The floral terminal may be from 10-20cm, depending on the species.
Species include:
- Luculia grandifolia Ghose, which is native to BhutanBhutanBhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
- Luculia gratissimaLuculia gratissimaLuculia gratissima is an ornamental plant in the Rubiaceae family, which is native in Himalaya, Nepal to Assam, Tibet, Indo-China, Yunnan.-External links:*** photo...
(Wall.) Sweet, which is native to IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. - Luculia intermedia Hutch., which is native to China.
- Luculia pinceana Hook., which is native to Nepal.
- Luculia yunnanensis S.Y. Hu, which is native to China.