Biology:Hindsia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Hindsia | |
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| Hindsia longiflora: illustrations L-P | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Hindsia Benth. ex Lindl. |
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Hindsia is a genus of about 11 species of shrubs in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America, mainly in Brazil . The species Hindsia longiflora and H. violacea were used to separate the genus from Rondeletia.[1] The genus was named in honour of Richard Brinsley Hinds.
Species include:[2]
- Hindsia arianeae Di Maio
- Hindsia cucullata Di Maio
- Hindsia glabra K.Schum.
- Hindsia ibitipocensis Di Maio
- Hindsia irwinii Steyerm.
- Hindsia longiflora (Cham.) Benth. ex Lindl.
- Hindsia phyllocalyx K.Schum.
- Hindsia ramosissima Gardner
- Hindsia republicana Di Maio
- Hindsia sessilifolia Di Maio
- Hindsia violacea Benth. ex Lindl.
References
- ↑ John Lindley (1844), "Plate 40: Hindsia violacea: Porcelain Blue Hindsia", Edwards's Botanical Register 30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9067#page/125/mode/1up
- ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=hindsia, retrieved May 3, 2016
Wikidata ☰ Q5766235 entry
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