Randia (plant)

Randia
	Randia densiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Gardenieae
Genus:	Randia; L.
Species
	Many, see text.
Synonyms
	Basanacantha Hook.f.; Foscarenia Vell. ex Vand.; Gynaecopachys Hassk.; Rangia Griseb.

Randia, commonly known as indigoberry,^[3] is a mostly neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees in the Rubiaceae. The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) lists a total of 738 names for the genus, synonyms included. Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus Atractocarpus. These include the garden plants Atractocarpus chartaceus and A. fitzalanii.

Carl Linnaeus retained the name Randia, applied by Houston to commemorate Isaac Rand.^[4]

Selected species

Randia aculeata L. (= Genipa aculeata) – White Indigoberry
Randia altiscandens (Ducke) C.M.Taylor
Randia aristeguietae Steyerm.
Randia armata (Sw.) DC.
Randia carlosiana K.Krause
Randia ciliolata C.Wright (= Genipa ciliolata)
Randia cinerea (Fernald) Standl. (= Genipa cinerea)
Randia densiflora
Randia echinocarpa Moc. & Sessé ex DC. (= Genipa echinocarpa) – Papache^[5]
Randia formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. – Jasmin de Rosa
Randia keithii
Randia laevigata Standl. – Sapuchi^[5]
Randia longioba
Randia matudae Lorence & Dwyer (= Casasia chiapensis)
Randia mixe sp. nov.

Randia moorei F.Muell. ex Benth
Randia nelsonii Greenm.
Randia nicaraguensis Lorence & Dwyer
Randia nitida (Kunth) DC.
Randia obcordata S.Watson – Papache Borracho^[5]
Randia parvifolia Lam. – Smallflower Indigoberry
Randia pleiomeris Standl.
Randia portoricensis (Urban) Britt. & Standl. – Puerto Rico Indigoberry
Randia rhagocarpa Standl. – Crucillo
Randia ruiziana DC.
Randia sezitat Guillaumin (= Genipa sezitat)
Randia sonorensis Wiggins – Papache del Zorro^[5]
Randia spinifex (Roem. & Schult.) Standl. (= Genipa sagreana)
Randia thurberi S.Watson
Randia tubericollis^[3]^[6]

Formerly placed here

Atractocarpus chartaceus (F.Muell.) Puttock (as R. chartacea (F.Muell.) F.Muell.)
Aidia cochinchinensis Lour. (as R. henryi E.Pritz. or R. cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.)
Aidia genipiflora (DC.) Dandy (as R. genipiflora DC.)
Atractocarpus fitzalanii (F.Muell.) Puttock (as R. fitzalanii (F.Muell.) Benth.)
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng. (as R. malabarica Lam.)
Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale (as R. sinensis (Lour.) Schult.)
Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. (as R. dumetorum (Retz.) Poir. or R. spinosa (Thunb.) Poir.)
Catunaregam tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Tirveng. (as R. tomentosa (Blume ex DC.) Hook.f.)

Coddia rudis (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc. (as R. rudis E. Mey. ex Harv.)
Porterandia penduliflora (K.Schum.) Keay (as R. penduliflora K.Schum. or R. sericantha K.Schum. ex Engl.)
Rosenbergiodendron formosum (Jacq.) Fagerl. (as R. formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. or R. mussaenda (L.f.) DC.)
Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Fagerl. (as R. ruiziana DC.)
Rothmannia longiflora Salisb. (as R. maculata DC.)
Rothmannia whitfieldii (Lindl.) Dandy (as R. malleifera (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f.)
Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre (as R. uliginosa (Retz.) Poir.)^[6]

References

^ "Genus Randia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
^ ^a ^b "Genus: Randia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
^ ^a ^b "Randia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
^ Boulger, George Simonds (1896). "Rand, Isaac" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Yetman, David (2002). The Guarijios of the Sierra Madre: Hidden People of Northwestern Mexico. UNM Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780826322340.
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Randia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Gustafsson, C.; C. Persson (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of the neotropical genus Randia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) inferred from molecular and morphological data". Taxon. 51: 661–674. doi:10.2307/1555021.
Borhidi, A.; N. Diego-Pérez (2004). "El género Randia L. (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) en la flora del estado Guerrero (Mexico)". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 46 (1–2): 41–53. doi:10.1556/abot.46.2004.1-2.4.

External links

Randia at the USDA PLANTS database.

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[UniProt-1] "Genus Randia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-08-30.

[GRIN-2] "Genus: Randia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2010-08-30.

[ITIS-3] "Randia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

[4] Boulger, George Simonds (1896). "Rand, Isaac" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[Yetman-5] Yetman, David (2002). The Guarijios of the Sierra Madre: Hidden People of Northwestern Mexico. UNM Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780826322340.

[GRINSpecies-6] "GRIN Species Records of Randia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

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