Rauvolfioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants that is part of the Apocynaceae family .
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 Inflorescence of a copsy tree | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rauvolfioideae Kostel. , 1834 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rauvolfia L. , 1753 - Rauwolfia | |||||||||||||||||||
Synonyms
- Carissoideae Endl. , 1838
- Plumerioideae Luerss. , 1882
- Tabernaemontanoideae Stapf ex Boiteau & Sastre , 1975
Description
The subfamily includes trees , shrubs , creepers , a few grassy plants . Many species have white milky juice, less often reddish or yellowish. The leaves are arranged alternately, opposite or spiral along the stem.
Flowers are usually with a wheel - shaped rim , occasionally with a bell-shaped tube. Stamens shorter than corolla tube. Nectaries around the base of the ovary or absent.
The fruit is cracking or non-cracking; the pericarp is fleshy or dry. Seeds are naked or winged, smooth, hairy, pitted or warty, with smooth endospermia.
Tribes
- Alstonieae G. Don , 1837 - 9 genera, including Alstonia R. Br. , 1810 ( Alston )
- Alyxieae G. Don , 1837 - 7 genera, including Alyxia Banks ex R.Br., 1810 ( Alixia )
- Carisseae Dumort. , 1829 - 2 genera, including Carissa L., 1767 ( Carissa )
- Hunterieae Miers , 1878 - 3 genera, including Hunteria Roxb. , 1824
- Melodineae G. Don , 1837 - 8 genera, including Melodinus JRForst. & G.Forst. , 1775 ( Melodyne )
- Plumerieae E. Mey. , 1838 - 10 genera, including Plumeria L., 1753 ( Plumeria )
- Tabernaemontaneae G. Don, 1837 - 15 genera, including Tabernaemontana L., 1753 ( Tabernemontana )
- Vinceae Duby , 1828 - 8 genera, including Vinca L., 1753 ( Periwinkle ) and Rauvolfia L., 1753 ( Rauwolfia )
- Willughbeieae A.DC. , 1844 - 18 genera, including Willughbeia Roxb., 1820 ( Villugbeya )
Notes
- β 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 .
Literature
- Endress, ME; Bruyns, PV A Revised Classification of the Apocynaceae sl (neopr.) // The Botanical Review. - 2000. - T. 66 , No. 1 . - S. 1-56 . - ISSN 0006-8101 . - DOI : 10.1007 / BF02857781 .