Tarenna is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands.[1] They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.[2]
| Tarenna | |
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| Tarenna nilagirica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Pavetteae |
| Genus: | Tarenna Gaertn. |
| Synonyms | |
Selected species
edit- Tarenna agumbensis Sundararagh.
- Tarenna drummondii Bridson
- Tarenna hoaensis Pit.
- Tarenna luhomeroensis Bridson
- Tarenna monosperma (Wight & Arn.) D.C.S.Raju
- Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek.
- Tarenna quadrangularis Bremek.
- Tarenna sambucina (G.Forst.) T.Durand ex Drake
- Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh.
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References
edit- ^ POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ Tarenna. Flora of China.
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