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Kadua
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Kadua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 29 species, all restricted to Polynesia. Twenty-two of these are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the species are common at high elevation. Others are single-island endemics or very rare, and a few are probably extinct. Kadua affinis is widely distributed in Hawaii and is polymorphic. The type species for the genus is Kadua acuminata.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyRubiaceae

Kadua là một chi thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo (Rubiaceae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
125
With media
32
Family
Rubiaceae
Collections
MSC, US, CHRB, OBI
Recorded in
United States, French Polynesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rubiaceae
Image
Starr 020925-0039 Kadua affinis.jpg
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taxon name
Kadua
taxon rank
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Category:Kadua
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Kadua
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Phylogeny
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Kadua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 29 species, all restricted to Polynesia. Twenty-two of these are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the species are common at high elevation. Others are single-island endemics or very rare, and a few are probably extinct. Kadua affinis is widely distributed in Hawaii and is polymorphic. The type species for the genus is Kadua acuminata.

Kadua was formerly included in a broadly defined and polyphyletic Hedyotis, which encompassed, in addition to Kadua, species now placed in Oldenlandia, Oldenlandiopsis, Houstonia, and other genera. Hedyotis is now circumscribed more narrowly.

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