Ixora ( lat. Ixora ) - a genus of plants of the family Marenovye ( Rubiaceae ). The genus volume is more than 500 species [3] .
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Ixora L. , 1753 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ixora coccinea L. [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Botanical Description
Representatives of the genus are mostly tropical evergreen shrubs .
Leathery leaves from 7.5 to 15 cm in length.
Small flowers (white, pink, red) are collected at the ends of the branches in whorls on short petioles.
Distribution and habitat
Although ixora is widespread throughout the world, tropical Asia is the center of its diversity.
Economic Significance and Application
Red Ixora flowers are used in Indian folk medicine .
Ixora brachiata
Ixora pavetta
Ixora coccinea
Ixora chinensis
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Information about the genus Ixora (English) in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .
- ↑ The Plant List : Ixora
Literature
- Ixora // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.