Alibertia (Rubiaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Cordiereae
Genus:
Species: A. atlantica – A. bertierifolia – A. claviflora – A. curviflora – A. duckeana – A. dwyeri – A. edulis – A. latifolia – A. occidentalis – A. patinoi – A. pilosa – A. rotunda – A. sorbilis – A. stipularis – A. subaurea – A. tessmannii – A. utleyorum – A. venezuelensis – A. verticillata

Name

Alibertia A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 443. (1830)

Type species: Alibertia edulis (Rich.) A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 443 (1830)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Genipella Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 443 (1830), pro syn.
- Gardeniola Cham., Linnaea 9: 247 (1834)
- Scepseothamnus Cham., Linnaea 9: 248 (1834)
- Thieleodoxa Cham., Linnaea 9: 251 (1834)
- Garapatica H.Karst., Fl. Columb. 1: 57 (1860)
- Borojoa Cuatrec., Secr. Agric. Gan. Colomb. Serv. Divulg. Ser. Bot. Aplic. 2: 474 (1949)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela,
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Southern South America
  - Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 443

Additional references

Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page.
Taylor, C.M., Sánchez-González, J., Hammel, B., Lorence, D.H., Persson, C., Delprete, P.G. & Gereau, R.E. 2011. Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXVIII: New taxa, new combinations, new names, and lectotypification for several species found in Mexico and Central America. Novon 21(1): 133–148. DOI: 10.3417/2009129 BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Alibertia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alibertia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 20 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Alibertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan. 2019. Reference page.