Definition of Rubiaceous. Meaning of Rubiaceous. Synonyms of Rubiaceous

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Definition of Rubiaceous

Rubiaceous
Rubiaceous Ru`bi*a"ceous, a. [L. rubia madder, fr. rubeus red.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiace[ae]) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.

Meaning of Rubiaceous from wikipedia

- paleotropical, while Afro-American distributions are rare (e.g. Sabicea). Endemic rubiaceous genera are found in most tropical and subtropical floristic regions of...
- Hymenodictyon parvifolium Oliv. is a small rubiaceous African tree and is one of some 24 species in the genus, with a tropical African and Asian distribution...
- but two species of plants serve an intermediate role. Fruits of the rubiaceous forest herb Psychotria colorata and seeds of Ricinus communis, a treelet...
- characterised by heart failure four to eight w****s after ingestion of certain rubiaceous plants. Selected species include: Pavetta axillipara Bremek. Pavetta blanda...
- characterised by heart failure four to eight w****s after ingestion of certain rubiaceous plants. Fadogia ancylantha Schweinf. Fadogia andersonii Robyns Fadogia...
- Species". Retrieved 23 January 2015. Jayaweera, Don M. A. (1963). "The Rubiaceous Genus Mussaenda: The Morphology of the Asiatic Species". Journal of the...
- such as Rubiaceae, Convolvulaceae and Fabaceae. It is sometimes called rubiaceous type. In monocots, several different types of stomata occur such as: gramineous...
- University. His Ph.D. looked at the taxonomy and tuber morphology of the rubiaceous ant-plants. Following a 5-year appointment as Director of the Christensen...
- 1068. Lok, A. F. S. L. & Tan, H. T. W. (2009). "Tuberous, Epiphytic, Rubiaceous myrmecophytes of Singapore" (PDF). Nature in Singapore. 2: 231–236. ****...
- (2004). "Chemistry and Pharmacology of Analgesic Indole Alkaloids from the Rubiaceous Plant, Mitragyna speciosa". Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 52 (8):...