Ixora hiernii
| Ixora hiernii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Ixora |
| Species: | I. hiernii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ixora hiernii Scott Elliot
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Ixora hiernii is a shrub or small tree within the family Rubiaceae. It is named after botanist William Philip Hiern.[1]
Description
[edit]A shrub that reaches a maximum height of 7 m.[2] The leaves of the species commonly have stipules and petioles and are elliptic to lanceolate in outline, the apex tend to be pointed while the base tend to have a rounded wedge shape; the upper surface of leaf is leathery in texture and leaflets can reach up to 18 cm long and 7 cm wide. Inflorescence is corymbose, sub-sessile, the flora axis is reddish and densely hairy; flowers are white to pink in color and the corolla tube can reach 3 cm in length. [3] The fruit is reddish in color and globose in shape, it is 1-2 seeded.
Distribution
[edit]Occurs in West Africa, within the Upper-Guinean forests.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Philip Hiern (1839-1925)". RAMM. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Poorter, Lourens; Bongers, Frans; Kouamé, François N'; Hawthorne, William D., eds. (2004). Biodiversity of West African forests: an ecological atlas of woody plant species. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 978-0-85199-734-6.
- ^ a b Tosh, J.; Dessein, S.; Buerki, S.; Groeninckx, I.; Mouly, A.; Bremer, B.; Smets, E. F.; De Block, P. (2013). "Evolutionary history of the Afro-Madagascan Ixora species (Rubiaceae): species diversification and distribution of key morphological traits inferred from dated molecular phylogenetic trees". Annals of Botany. 112 (9): 1723–1742. doi:10.1093/aob/mct222. ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 3838549. PMID 24142919.
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