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Rubiaceae - Ixoroideae - Gardenieae - Gardeniinae - Coddia Verdc.

Description:

  • Shrubs or small trees
  • Leaves opposite or, more usually, densely clustered on dwarf side branchlets; stipules ovate-triangular
  • Flowers solitary, axillary, 1-3 together at ends of abbreviated shoots
  • Calyx 5-lobed; lobes elliptic, linear-oblong, usually ovate; tube ellipsoid; limb campanulate
  • Corolla 5-lobed, white; lobes oblong-elliptic; tube with base cylindric, upper part funnel-shaped, with a circular band of long hairs within
  • Stamens 5, arising in corolla mouth, partly included; anthers linear, sessile, apiculate
  • Ovary 2-locular; ovules ± 5-8 on thin, broadly attached placenta on fleshy locule septum; style narrowly clavate, winged at apex
  • Fruit 2-locular, indehiscent, crowned with persistent calyx lobes
  • Seeds compressed, ovoid-angular
  • x = 11 (1 report, aneuploids)

Nomenclature:

  • Coddia Verdc.
    • Verdcourt: 509 (1981)
  • Randia L. in part
  • Xeromorphis in part, sensu Codd
    • Codd: 110 (1961)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Southern Africa: Species 1: Coddia rudis (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc., endemic, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape

References:

  • CODD, L.E. 1961. Rubiaceae. In J.G. Anderson, L.E. Codd, R.A. Dyer, M.D. Henderson, D.J.B. Killick & B. de Winter, New and interesting taxa from southern Africa. Kirkia 1
  • VERDCOURT, B. 1981. Notes on African Rubiaceae. Kew Bulletin 36

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