Adina (plant)

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Adina

Adina rubella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Rubiaceae
Subfamily:  | Cinchonoideae
Tribe:  | Naucleeae
Genus:  | Adina
Salisb.
Type species
Adina pilulifera

(Lam.) Franch. ex Drake

Synonyms[1]

* Adinauclea Ridsdale (1978)
* Haldina Ridsdale (1978)
* Metadina Bakh.f. (1970)
* Pertusadina Ridsdale (1978)
* Sinoadina Ridsdale (1978)

Adina is a genus of 12 species[1] of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are shrubs or small trees, native to East Asia and Southeast Asia.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 Species
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Description

Adina is a genus of shrubs and small trees. The terminal vegetative buds are inconspicuous and loosely surrounded by the stipules. The stipules are bifid for at least 2/3 of their length. The corolla lobes are nearly valvate in bud, being subimbricate at the apex. The anthers are basifixed and introrse. The ovary has two locules, with up to four ovules per locule.[3]

## Taxonomy

Adina was named by Richard Salisbury in 1807 in his book, The Paradisus Londinensis.[4] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek word adinos, meaning "clustered, crowded". It refers to the tightly clustered heads of flowers.[5] The biological type for Adina consists of the specimens that Salisbury called Adina globiflora.[6] These are now included in the species Adina pilulifera.[3] Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Adina is paraphyletic over Adinauclea, a monospecific genus from Sulawesi and the Moluccas.[7]

## Species

12 species are currently accepted:[1]

* Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis \- from India to Yunnan to Peninsular Malaysia
* Adina dissimilis Craib \- Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
* Adina eurhyncha (Miq.) Å.Krüger & Löfstrand \- Borneo; W. Malesia; Sumatra.[8]
* Adina fagifolia (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Havil.) Valeton ex Merr  \- Sulawesi and Maluku
* Adina malaccensis (Ridsdale) Å.Krüger & Löfstrand [9] \- Malaya; Thailand
* Adina metcalfii Merr. ex H.L.Li, J. Arnold [10] SE. China to Thailand
* Adina multifolia Havil., J. Linn. [11] \- Philippines , New Guinea
* Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake \- Japan , China , Vietnam
* Adina pubicostata Merr. \- Hunan, Guangxi, Vietnam
* Adina racemosa (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq. – northern Myanmar and Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, and Japan
* Adina rubella Hance \- China , Korea
* Adina trichotoma (Zoll. & Moritzi) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. \- from Assam to southern China south to Java and New Guinea

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adina Salisb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
2. ↑ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ridsdale CE (1978). "A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Blumea 24 (2): 307–366.
4. ↑ Salisbury RA (1807). The Paradisus Londinensis: Containing plants cultivated in the vicinity of the metropolis. 1.
5. ↑ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
6. ↑ Adina In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile.
7. ↑ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927023612/http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf.
8. ↑ Kew Adina eurhyncha
9. ↑ Kew Adina malaccensis
10. ↑ Kew Adina metcalfii
11. ↑ Kew Adina multifolia

## External links

* World Checklist of Rubiaceae
* Adina At: Plant Names At: IPNI
* Adina In: The Paradisus Londinensis At: Adina At:Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
* Adina At: List of Genera At: Rubiaceae At: List of families At: Families and Genera in GRIN At: Queries At: GRIN taxonomy for plants

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