Meyna
Encyclopedia
Meyna is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
.
and tropical Asia
.
subgenus Canthium. In 2004, a molecular phylogenetic study
showed that Meyna tetraphylla is related to Canthium
and the transfer to Canthium
was suggested.
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...
.
Distribution
It has representatives in both nordeastern tropical AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and tropical Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
Taxonomy
Based on morphology, Meyna has been suggested as likely candidate for inclusion in CanthiumCanthium
Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny.-Distribution:They are native to India, Sri Lanka, and tropical East Africa.-Taxonomy:...
subgenus Canthium. In 2004, a molecular phylogenetic study
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
showed that Meyna tetraphylla is related to Canthium
Canthium
Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny.-Distribution:They are native to India, Sri Lanka, and tropical East Africa.-Taxonomy:...
and the transfer to Canthium
Canthium
Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny.-Distribution:They are native to India, Sri Lanka, and tropical East Africa.-Taxonomy:...
was suggested.
Species
- Meyna grisea (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...
) RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of... - Meyna hainanensis 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...
- Meyna laxiflora RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...
- Meyna parviflora RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...
- Meyna peltata RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...
- Meyna pierrei RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...
- Meyna pubescens (KurzWilhelm Sulpiz KurzWilhelm Sulpiz Kurz was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkatta.He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Kurz when citing a botanical name.-References:...
) RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of... - Meyna spinosa Roxb.William RoxburghWilliam Roxburgh was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He has been called the Father of Indian Botany.-Early life:Roxburgh was born at Underwood in the parish of Craigie, Ayrshire. He studied medicine in Edinburgh...
ex LinkJohann Heinrich Friedrich LinkJohann Heinrich Friedrich Link was a German naturalist and botanist.Link was born at Hildesheim as a son of the minister August Heinrich Link , who taught him the love for nature through collection of 'natural objects'... - Meyna tetraphylla (Schweinf.Georg August SchweinfurthGeorg August Schweinfurth was a Baltic German botanist, traveller in East Central Africa and ethnologist....
ex 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...
) RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of... - Meyna velutina RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...