Checklist: Rubiaceae

RUBIACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

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 Rothmannia manganjae

Literature:   
Bridson, D.M. (1998) Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2)   
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)   
Verdcourt, B. (1988) Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1)   
 
Names
 
EMPOGONA Hook. f.
Empogona lanceolata (Sond.) J. Tosh & Robbr.
Tricalysia lanceolata (Sond.) Burtt Davy
 
BURTTDAVYA Hoyle
Burttdavya nyasica Hoyle
 
ROGIERA Planch.
Rogiera amoena Planch.
Rondeletia amoena (Planch.) Hemsl.
Rogiera cordata (Benth.) Planch.
Rondeletia cordata Benth.
 
MANETTIA Mutis ex L.
Manettia paraguariensis Chodat
Manettia inflata Sprague
 
8173.000 RONDELETIA L.
Rondeletia odorata Jacq.
 
8190.000 CINCHONA L.
Cinchona sp.
 
8199.000 BOUVARDIA Salisb.
Bouvardia leiantha Benth.
Bouvardia longiflora (Cav.) Kunth
Bouvardia sp. (Biegel 4394)
Bouvardia ternifolia Schltr.
 
8238.000 MUSSAENDA L.
Mussaenda arcuata Lam. ex Poir.
Mussaenda elegans Schumach. & Thonn.
Bertiera coccinea (G.Don) G.Don
Gardenia coccinea G.Don
Mussaenda discolor Thonn. ex DC.
Mussaenda hispida Engl.
Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn.
Mussaenda frondosa L. sensu lato
Mussaenda philippica L.C. Rich.
var. aurorae Sulit.
 
8238.010 PSEUDOMUSSAENDA Wernham
Pseudomussaenda flava Verdc.
Mussaenda luteola Delile
 
8278.010 COPTOSPERMA Hook. f.
Coptosperma neurophyllum (S. Moore) Degreef
Pavetta neurophylla S. Moore
Tarenna barbertonensis (Bremek.) Bremek.
Tarenna neurophylla (S. Moore) Bremek.
Coptosperma rhodesiacum (Bremek.) Degreef
Enterospermum rhodesiacum Bremek.
Tarenna zimbabwensis Bridson
 
8281.000 BURCHELLIA R. Br.
Burchellia bubalina (L.f.) Sims
 
8285.000 GARDENIA J. Ellis
Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
Gardenia angustata (L.) Merr.
Gardenia florida L.
Gardenia posoquerioides S. Moore [VU]
Gardenia resiniflua Hiern
subsp. resiniflua
Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn.
subsp. jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Verdc. var. goetzei (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc.
Gardenia asperula Stapf & Hutch.
Gardenia goetzei Stapf & Hutch.
Gardenia jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Hiern
Gardenia thunbergia Thunb.
Gardenia capensis (Montin) Druce
Gardenia volkensii K. Schum.
subsp. spatulifolia (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc.
Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch.
 
8285.010 ROTHMANNIA Thunb.
Rothmannia globosa (Hochst.) Keay
Rothmannia manganjae (Hiern) Keay
Gardenia manganjae Hiern
 
8285.020 DIDYMOSALPINX Keay
Didymosalpinx norae (Swynn.) Keay
Gardenia abbeokutae Brenan
Gardenia norae Swynn.
 
8293.000 OXYANTHUS DC.
Oxyanthus pyriformis (Hochst.) Skeels
 
8299.000 FERETIA Delile
Feretia aeruginescens Stapf
Feretia apodanthera Delile var. australis K. Schum.
Sericanthe andongensis var. mollis sensu Robbrecht p.p. non (Hiern) Robbr.
 
8329.000 HAMELIA Jacq.
Hamelia patens Jacq.
Hamelia erecta Jacq.
 
8343.000 ALBERTA E. Mey.
Alberta magna E. Mey.
 
8381.000 COFFEA L.
Coffea arabica L.
Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner
 
8383.000 PAVETTA L.
Pavetta barbertonensis Bremek.
 
8384.000 IXORA L.
Ixora chinensis Lam.
Ixora coccinea L.
 
8444.000 SERISSA Comm. ex Juss.
Serissa japonica (Thunb.) Thunb.
 
8446.000 COPROSMA J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Coprosma repens A. Rich.
 
8463.000 MORINDA L.
Morinda lucida Benth.
Morinda citrifolia sensu Hiern p.p. non L.
 
8483.000 CRUCIANELLA L.
Crucianella stylosa Trin.
 
8486.000 GALIUM L.
Galium verum L.
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Rubiaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=198, retrieved 18 December 2025

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