Catesbaea
Sign in to saveCatesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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- taxon name
- Catesbaea
- taxon common name
- lilythorn
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Catesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.
== Species == Catesbaea ekmaniana Urb. - Haiti Catesbaea flaviflora Urb. - Cuba Catesbaea foliosa Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands Catesbaea fuertesii Urb. - Dominican Republic Catesbaea gamboana Urb. - Cuba Catesbaea glabra Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti Catesbaea grayi Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti Catesbaea holacantha C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba Catesbaea longispina A.Rich. - Cuba Catesbaea macrantha C.Wright - Cuba Catesbaea melanocarpa Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands Catesbaea microcarpa Urb. - Haiti Catesbaea nana Greenm. - Cuba Catesbaea parviflora Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Catesbaea parvifolia DC. - Dominican Republic, Haiti Catesbaea sphaerocarpa Urb. - Haiti Catesbaea spinosa L. - Cuba, Bahamas