Rubiaceae

Benkara Adans.

First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 85 (1763)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Gaerlan; Sagcal; Fernando [PPI 4562] Philippines K000174808 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Gaerlan, F.J.M.; Sagcal, E.C. [PPI 10032] Philippines K000174807 Yes
Dec 3, 2010 George M et al. [SAN 133715] Malaysia K000174632 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Emiza, S.S.; Hisham, K.; Angan, A. [FRI 54954] Malaysia K000174541 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Hairul, M.A.M. [FRI 59960] Malaysia K000174117 Yes
Wallich, N. [8255D] India K000031450 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [8256] India K000031447 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3141] Thailand K000742846 Type Yes
Koorders, S.H. [2/8/0B] Indonesia K000742997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [8255C] Nepal K000031449 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [8256] India K000031448 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Henry, A. [10363A] China Fagerlindia K000742855 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1985 Kerr, A.F.G. [6051] Thailand Fagerlindia K000742843 Type Yes
Tsang, W.T.; Fung, H. [17900] China Fagerlindia K000742856 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0