Rubiaceae of the New World

By Piero Delprete and Rocio Cortés
 

RONDELETIA Linnaeus

Rondeletia odorata                    Photo P. Delprete
Fairchild Tropical Garden,  Miami,  Florida,  USA
 

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Synonyms: Lightfootia Schreber, non Lightfootia O. Swatz (Flacourtiaceae), nec Lightfootia L'Eritier (Campanulaceae); Otocalyx Brandegee; Peteria Rafinesque (orth. var.), Petesia P. Browne; Willdenovia Gmelin, non Willdenovia Thunberg (Restionaceae)

Geographic distribution: Northern Central America (up to southern Mexico), southern Central America, West Indies, Magdalena-Llanos area, western Amazon Basin, Guayana Shield and northern Andes (above 1000 m).

Number of species: 90.

References: A. Borhidi & M. Fernandez Zequeira, Studies in Rondeletieae (Rubiaceae) IX. Cinco espécies nuevas del género Rondeletia L. en Cuba. Acta Bot. Hung. 33: 105-115. "1987" [1989]; M. Fernandez Zequeira, Estudio taxonómico del género Rondeletia L. s.l. (Rubiaceae) en Cuba. Acta Bot. Hung. 38: 47-138. "1993-94" [1995]; D. H. Lorence, New species and combinations in Mexican and Central American Rondeletia (Rubiaceae). Novon 1: 135-157. 1991; D. H. Lorence, New species in Mexican and Mesoamerican Rubiaceae. Novon 4: 119-136. 1994; A. Igersheim, The palynology of the genus Rondeletia L. (Rubiaceae-Cichonoideae-Rondeletieae). Grana 32: 321-326. 1993.