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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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Genus
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Declieuxia H.B.K.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. Sp. P1. folio 3: 275, tab. 281. 1819
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Note
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TYPE: D. chiococcoides H.B.K.
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Description
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Herbs or subshrubs, sometimes ericoid in habit. Leaves occasionally verti- cillate, often coriaceous, frequently sessile; stipules interpetiolar, often subulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cymose, usually branching dichotomously, or spikelike and racemiform; bracts often absent. Flowers with the calycine cup reduced, the lobes usually 4, equal or unequal; corolla variable in color, infun- dibuliform or cylindrical, the lobes 4, valvate; ovary 2-celled, the ovules 1 per cell, attached basally. Fruits a schizocarp, at first fleshy, didymous, indehiscent, compressed, the thin endocarp usually hard; seeds compressed.
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Habit
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Herbs or subshrubs
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Distribution
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ranges from Mexico, through Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
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Note
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There are about 40 species in the genus.
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Reference
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Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1976. A revision of the genus Declieuxia (Rubiaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 28(4): 1-87.
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