Biology:Ventilago
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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| Ventilago viminalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Tribe: | Ventilagineae |
| Genus: | Ventilago Gaertn. |
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Ventilago is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes about 40 species found in the tropics of South and SE Asia, Australasia, with one species each in Africa and Madagascar .
The roots of Ventilago neocaledonica are used in Vanuatu to produce a crimson red dye (known in some local languages as labwa[what language is this?] or labwe[what language is this?] which is used to pattern traditional textiles.
Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes:[1]
- Ventilago africana Exell
- Ventilago borneensis Ridl.
- Ventilago brunnea Merr.
- Ventilago buxoides Baill.
- Ventilago calyculata Tul.
- Ventilago crenata Cahen & Utteridge
- Ventilago cristata Pierre
- Ventilago denticulata Willd.
- Ventilago dichotoma (Blanco) Merr.
- Ventilago diffusa (G.Don) Exell
- Ventilago ecorollata (F.Muell.) F.Muell.[2]
- Ventilago elegans Hemsl.
- Ventilago ferruginea Cahen & Utteridge
- Ventilago flavovirens Cahen & Utteridge
- Ventilago gamblei Suess.
- Ventilago gladiata Pierre
- Ventilago goughii Gamble
- Ventilago harmandiana Pierre
- Ventilago inaequilateralis Merr. & Chun
- Ventilago kurzii Ridl.
- Ventilago lanceolata Merr.
- Ventilago laotica (Tardieu) J.F.Maxwell
- Ventilago leiocarpa Benth.
- Ventilago leptadenia Tul.
- Ventilago lucens Miq.
- Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn.
- Ventilago maingayi M.A.Lawson
- Ventilago malaccensis Ridl.
- Ventilago microcarpa K.Schum.
- Ventilago multinervia Merr.
- Ventilago neocaledonica Schltr.
- Ventilago nisidai Kaneh.
- Ventilago palawanensis Elmer
- Ventilago papuana Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Ventilago pauciflora Pit.
- Ventilago pseudocalyculata Guillaumin
- Ventilago pubiflora W.D.Francis[2]
- Ventilago viminalis Hook.[2]
- Ventilago vitiensis A.Gray
- Ventilago zhengdei G.S.Fan
References
- ↑ Plants of the World Online: Ventilago Gaertn. (retrieved 19 March 2021)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ventilago". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=VENTILAGO.
Wikidata ☰ Q5220386 entry
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