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Luculia
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Luculia

Luculia is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It was described by Robert Sweet in 1826 and is currently found from the Himalayas to southern China. The species are shrubs or small trees, generally found on upland scrub and woodland or forest margins. They have large leaves from 20-35cm with prominent veins carried in opposite pairs. The inflorescence is a terminal umbel or corymb of tubular/open ended white, pink or creamy flowers with...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Luculia gratissima

speciesLuculia gratissima

Luculia pinceana

speciesLuculia pinceana

Luculia grandifolia

speciesLuculia grandifolia

Luculia yunnanensis

speciesLuculia yunnanensis

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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 379666.