Rudgea

Rudgea is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae.

Rudgea
Rudgea skutchii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Palicoureeae
Genus:	Rudgea Salisb.[1][2]

Species include:

• Rudgea crassifolia, Zappi & E.Lucas
• Rudgea microcarpa, (Ruiz & Pav.) Standl.
• Rudgea obesiflora, Standl.
• Rudgea stenophylla, (Krause) Standl.

The name was given by Richard Anthony Salisbury to honour Edward Rudge in 1806.[3][4]

References

1. "Rudgea". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2. Salisbury, R.A. (1807) Description of a new Genus in the Natural Order of Rubiaceæ, called Rudgea. (p.325) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London. 8:325
3. Woodward, Bernard Barham (1897). "Rudge, Edward" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. citing: (Trans. of Linn. Soc. viii. 326)
4. Salisbury, R.A. (1807) Description of a new Genus in the Natural Order of Rubiaceæ, called Rudgea. (p.326) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London. 8:326

External links

• Rudgea tayloriae (Rubiaceae), an Unusual New Species from the Eastern Slopes of the Venezuelan Andes Gerardo Aymard C., L. J. Dorr and Nidia Cuello Novon Vol. 9, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 315–317