Species of plant
Black ixora |
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Flower buds |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Ixora |
Species: | I. nigricans |
Binomial name |
Ixora nigricans
R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. (1834) |
Synonyms[1] |
- Ixora affinis Wall. ex Craib
- Ixora affinis var. arguta (Hook.f.) Craib
- Ixora affinis var. plumea (Ridl.) Craib
- Ixora arguta (Hook.f.) King & Gamble
- Ixora densa R.Br. ex Wall. [Invalid]
- Ixora erubescens Wall. ex G.Don
- Ixora memecylifolia Kurz
- Ixora nigricans var. arguta Hook.f.
- Ixora nigricans var. erubrescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Kurz
- Ixora nigricans var. ovalis Pierre ex Pit.
- Ixora plumea Ridl.
- Pavetta erubescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Miq.
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Ixora nigricans, or black ixora, is a plant growing up to a height of 5 metres. It is found as common undergrowth in evergreen forests to dry evergreen forests up to 1900 m.[2] Black ixora is found in throughout the forests of the Western Ghats of India .[3]
References
- ^ Synonyms from theplantlist.org
- ^ "Ixora nigricans - RUBIACEAE".
- ^ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Black%20Ixora.html
External links
Media related to Ixora nigricans at Wikimedia Commons - Details and places where seen
Taxon identifiers |
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Ixora nigricans | - Wikidata: Q13828544
- CoL: 6NDQN
- EoL: 1105465
- GBIF: 2905255
- IPNI: 754258-1
- NCBI: 591751
- Open Tree of Life: 690932
- Plant List: kew-103800
- POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754259-1
- WFO: wfo-0000218795
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