Rudgea
Encyclopedia
Rudgea is a genus of plant
in family Rubiaceae
.
Species include:
The name was given by Richard Anthony Salisbury
to honour Edward Rudge
in 1806.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in 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 ,...
.
Species include:
- Rudgea crassifoliaRudgea crassifoliaRudgea crassifolia is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Zappi D.C. 2003. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
, Zappi & E.Lucas - Rudgea microcarpaRudgea microcarpaRudgea microcarpa is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Peru.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
, (RuizHipólito Ruiz LópezHipólito Ruiz López , or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788...
& Pav.) Standl. - Rudgea obesifloraRudgea obesifloraRudgea obesiflora is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Peru and is found in lowland forests.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
, Standl.Paul Carpenter StandleyPaul Carpenter Standley was an American botanist.Standley was born in Avalon, Missouri... - Rudgea stenophyllaRudgea stenophyllaRudgea stenophylla is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Peru.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
, (Krause) Standl.
The name was given by Richard Anthony Salisbury
Richard Anthony Salisbury
Richard Anthony Salisbury FRS was a British botanist. While he is remembered as a valuable worker in horticultural and botanical sciences, several bitter disputes caused him to be ostracised by his contemporaries.-Life:...
to honour Edward Rudge
Edward Rudge
-Life:Born on 27 June 1763, he was son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham....
in 1806.
External links
- Rudgea tayloriae (Rubiaceae), an Unusual New Species from the Eastern Slopes of the Venezuelan Andes Gerardo Aymard C., L. J. Dorr and Nidia Cuello Novon Vol. 9, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 315–317