Randia (plant)

Randia, commonly known as indigoberry,[3] is a mostly Neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees in the Rubiaceae. As of February 2022 Plants of the World Online lists a total of 112 accepted species in the genus.[4] Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus Atractocarpus. These include the garden plants Atractocarpus chartaceus and A. fitzalanii.

For other uses, see Randia.

Randia
Randia densiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
Tribe:
Gardenieae[1]
Genus:
Randia

Species

Many, see text.

Synonyms

Basanacantha Hook.f.
Foscarenia Vell. ex Vand.
Gynaecopachys Hassk.
Rangia Griseb.[2]

Carl Linnaeus retained the name Randia, applied by Houston to commemorate Isaac Rand.[5]

Species of this genus are generally dioecious, with separate male and female plants, although exceptions exist. They are trees, shrubs, and lianas, and may be deciduous or evergreen.[6]

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[7]
  • Randia keithii
  • Randia laevigata Standl. – Sapuchi[7]
  • 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[7]
  • 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[7]
  • Randia spinifex (Roem. & Schult.) Standl. (= Genipa sagreana)
  • Randia thurberi S.Watson
  • Randia tubericollis[3][8]

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.)[8]

References
  1. "Genus Randia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. "Genus: Randia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 September 1996. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  3. "Randia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  4. "Randia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. Boulger, George Simonds (1896). "Rand, Isaac" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  6. Gustafsson, Claes G. R. (2000). "Three New South American Species of Randia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae)". Novon. 10 (3): 201–208. doi:10.2307/3393100. JSTOR 3393100.
  7. Yetman, David (2002). The Guarijios of the Sierra Madre: Hidden People of Northwestern Mexico. UNM Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780826322340.
  8. "GRIN Species Records of Randia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  • Gustafsson, C.; C. Persson (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of the neotropical genus Randia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae) inferred from molecular and morphological data". Taxon. 51 (4): 661–674. doi:10.2307/1555021. JSTOR 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.
  • Randia at the USDA PLANTS database.
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