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Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [1] It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. [2] Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, its centre of diversity is in Tropical Asia.
Ixora littoralis Merr. Ixora lobbii Loudon. Ixora loerzingii Bremek. Ixora longhanensis Tao Chen. Ixora longibracteata Bremek. Ixora longifolia Sm. Ixora longiloba Guillaumin. Ixora longipedicellata De Block. Ixora longipedunculata De Wild.
Ixora coccinea is a dense, multi-branched evergreen shrub, commonly 4–6 ft (1.2–1.8 m) in height, but capable of reaching up to 12 ft (3.7 m) high. It has a rounded form, with a spread that may exceed its height. The glossy, leathery, oblong leaves are about 4 in (10 cm) long, with entire margins, and are carried in opposite pairs or ...
Binomial name. Ixora chinensis. Lam. Synonyms. See text. Ixora chinensis, commonly known as Chinese ixora, is a species of plant of the genus Ixora. [1] Ixora chinensis in bloom. Flowers of Chinese ixora at the campus of Ramakrishna Mission Shikshanamandira in Belur, Howrah.
Binomial name. Ixora scheffleri. K.Schum. & K.Krause. Ixora scheffleri is small to medium-sized tree species within the family Rubiaceae. It is among four Ixora species occurring in Africa than has a predominant tree habit. [1] It has two infraspecifics, one of which is endangered, the Ixora scheffleri subsp. keniensis. [1]
Ixora plumea Ridl. Pavetta erubescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Miq. 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]
Ixoroideae is a subfamily of the family Rubiaceae. Based on both morphological and molecular characters, Rubiaceae has been divided into three subfamilies - Ixoroideae, Cinchonoideae, and Rubioideae. Ixoroideae and Cinchoinoideae are more closely related. [1] Members of Ixoroideae are morphologically diverse so no shared derived characters have ...
Description. 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.