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Lasianthus
Lasianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are tropical subshrubs, shrubs, or rarely, small trees. They inhabit the understory of primary forests.
Lasianthus has about 300 species. The type species for the genus is Lasianthus cyanocarpus. In 2012, a revision of Lasianthus in Malesia described 131 species. Another 30 or so species grow elsewhere in tropical Asia. Most of these are described in Flora of China or in A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon. 14 or 15 species are native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, including the endemic Lasianthus agasthyamalayanus. Fifteen species or perhaps as many as 20 species are known from tropical Africa. Two species (Lasianthus panamensis and Lasianthus lanceolatus), or possibly three, are native to the neotropics. The Australian Ixora baileyana had at one time been placed in Lasianthus as Lasianthus graciliflorus.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Small-leaved Lasianthus
speciesLasianthus attenuatus
Ford Lasianthus
speciesLasianthus fordii
Lasianthus verticillatus
speciesLasianthus verticillatus
Lasianthus formosensis
speciesLasianthus formosensis
Lasianthus curtisii
speciesLasianthus curtisii
Lasianthus chinensis
speciesLasianthus chinensis
Lasianthus hispidulus
speciesLasianthus hispidulus
Lasianthus japonicus
speciesLasianthus japonicus
Lasianthus biflorus
speciesLasianthus biflorus
Lasianthus micranthus
speciesLasianthus micranthus
Lasianthus hirsutus
speciesLasianthus hirsutus
Lasianthus chlorocarpus
speciesLasianthus chlorocarpus
Lasianthus henryi
speciesLasianthus henryi
Lasianthus microphyllus
speciesLasianthus microphyllus
Lasianthus lanceolatus
speciesLasianthus lanceolatus
Lasianthus trichophlebus
speciesLasianthus trichophlebus
Lasianthus chunii
speciesLasianthus chunii
Lasianthus simizui
speciesLasianthus simizui
Lasianthus jackianus
speciesLasianthus jackianus
Lasianthus kilimandscharicus
speciesLasianthus kilimandscharicus
Lasianthus hookeri
speciesLasianthus hookeri
Lasianthus capitatus
speciesLasianthus capitatus
Lasianthus cyanocarpus
speciesLasianthus cyanocarpus
Lasianthus acuminatus
speciesLasianthus acuminatus
Lasianthus parvifolius
speciesLasianthus parvifolius
Lasianthus sikkimensis
speciesLasianthus sikkimensis
Lasianthus stercorarius
speciesLasianthus stercorarius
Lasianthus batangensis
speciesLasianthus batangensis
Lasianthus stipularis
speciesLasianthus stipularis
Lasianthus chevalieri
speciesLasianthus chevalieri
Lasianthus tomentosus
speciesLasianthus tomentosus
Lasianthus repens
speciesLasianthus repens
Lasianthus rhinocerotis
speciesLasianthus rhinocerotis
Lasianthus strigosus
speciesLasianthus strigosus
Lasianthus chryseus
speciesLasianthus chryseus
Lasianthus rostratus
speciesLasianthus rostratus
Lasianthus varians
speciesLasianthus varians
Lasianthus ridleyi
speciesLasianthus ridleyi
Lasianthus constrictus
speciesLasianthus constrictus
Lasianthus chrysoneurus
speciesLasianthus chrysoneurus
Lasianthus strigillosus
speciesLasianthus strigillosus
Lasianthus thwaitesii
speciesLasianthus thwaitesii
Lasianthus purpureus
speciesLasianthus purpureus
Lasianthus rigidus
speciesLasianthus rigidus
Lasianthus neolanceolatus
speciesLasianthus neolanceolatus
Lasianthus reticulatus
speciesLasianthus reticulatus
Lasianthus biermannii
speciesLasianthus biermannii
Lasianthus blumeanus
speciesLasianthus blumeanus
Lasianthus venulosus
speciesLasianthus venulosus
Lasianthus laevigatus
speciesLasianthus laevigatus
Lasianthus pedunculatus
speciesLasianthus pedunculatus
Lasianthus ciliatus
speciesLasianthus ciliatus
Lasianthus gardneri
speciesLasianthus gardneri
Lasianthus wallacei
speciesLasianthus wallacei
Lasianthus obscurus
speciesLasianthus obscurus
Lasianthus griffithii
speciesLasianthus griffithii
Lasianthus glaber
speciesLasianthus glaber
Lasianthus ellipticus
speciesLasianthus ellipticus
Lasianthus appressus
speciesLasianthus appressus
Lasianthus dalatensis
speciesLasianthus dalatensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133463.