Badusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Asa Gray in 1860.[2] The genus is native to the Philippines (Palawan), New Guinea, and some islands of the West Pacific (Solomons, Fiji, Santa Cruz, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Palau).[1]

Badusa
1797 botanical illustration of then Cinchona corymbifera, now a synonym of Badusa corymbifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Chiococceae
Genus: Badusa
A.Gray
Type species
Badusa corymbifera
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Badusa in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ Gray, Asa. 1860. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 308
  3. ^ Ridsdale, Blumea 28: 148 (1982).
  4. ^ Valeton, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 299 (1930).
  5. ^ Ridsdale, Blumea 28: 146 (1982).
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