| Genipa | |
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| Flower, fruit, and leaf of Genipa americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Tribe: | Gardenieae |
| Genus: | Genipa L. |
| Species | |
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Genipa is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests.
Description
Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hairy.123 Presence of interpetiolar stipules, triangle-shaped.13 The large flowers are arranged in terminal cymes; the calyx is tubular, while the corolla can be trumpet-shaped or short-cylindrical, with 5-6 lobes.123 The stamens are located at the top of the corolla.1 The fruit is an almost globose or ovoid berry, smooth, fleshy, with a thick rind.123 The seeds are large and flat.123
Taxonomy
The species from Madagascar, originally described by Drake, do not belong to the Rubiaceae tribe Gardenieae like the New World Genipa species, but in the tribe Octotropideae.4 Those species were transferred to the genus Hyperacanthus.4
Genipa spruceana is considered doubtfully distinct from Genipa americana.5
Species currently recognized in Genipa are:64
- Genipa americana L.
- Genipa infundibuliformis Zappi & J.Semir
- Genipa spruceana Steyerm.
Distribution and habitat
The genus is native to the tropical forests of America, including Florida.375
References
References
- Francis, Macbride, J.; E., Dahlgren, B. (1936). "Flora of Peru /". Fieldiana. v.13:pt.6:no.1 [Rubiaceae]: 106.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Standley, Paul (1938). "Flora of Costa Rica". v.18:pt:4: 1299.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Liogier, Alain H. (1985). Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands. La Editorial, UPR. p. 97. ISBN 9780847723386.
- Rakotonasolo, Franck; Davis, Aaron (2006). "Six Species of Madagascan Genipa Transferred to Hyperacanthus (Rubiaceae-Gardenieae) and New Data on General Morphology, Placentation and Ovary Structure in Hyperacanthus". Taxon. 55 (2): 387–396. doi:10.2307/25065586. JSTOR 25065586.
- Zappi, D. C.; Semir, J.; Pierozzi, N. I. (1995). "Genipa infundibuliformis sp. nov. and Notes on Genipa americana (Rubiaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 50 (4): 761–771. Bibcode:1995KewBu..50..761Z. doi:10.2307/4110237. JSTOR 4110237.
- "Genipa — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 263. ISBN 9780123969545.