Tarenna

Tarenna
	Tarenna nilagirica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Pavetteae
Genus:	Tarenna; Gaertn.
Synonyms
	Bonatia Schltr. & K.Krause ; Camptophytum Pierre ex A.Chev. ; Canthiopsis Seem. ; Chomelia L. ; Cupi Adans. ; Flemingia W.Hunter ; Wahlenbergia Blume ; Webera Schreb.;

Tarenna is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands.^[1] They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.^[2]

Selected species

Tarenna agumbensis Sundararagh.
Tarenna drummondii Bridson
Tarenna hoaensis Pit.
Tarenna luhomeroensis Bridson
Tarenna monosperma (Wight & Arn.) D.C.S.Raju
Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek.
Tarenna quadrangularis Bremek.
Tarenna sambucina (G.Forst.) T.Durand ex Drake
Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh.

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References

^ POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
^ Tarenna. Flora of China.

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[POWO-1] POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-05.

[foc-2] Tarenna. Flora of China.

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