Isertia
Genus of shrubs
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Isertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 15 species of shrubs or small trees that are indigenous to the neotropics.[1] A few are cultivated as ornamentals.[2]
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| Isertia | |
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| Isertia haenkeana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Isertieae |
| Genus: | Isertia Schreb. |
| Type species | |
| Isertia coccinea | |
| Synonyms | |
Systematics
Isertia was named by Johann von Schreber in 1789.[3] The generic name honors the German botanist and explorer Paul Erdmann Isert.[4]
Isertia is divided into two sections: section Cassupa and section Isertia. In section Cassupa, the fruit is a berry and the ovary usually has two or three locules. In section Isertia, the fruit is a pyrene and the ovary usually has five or six locules.[5]
Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Isertia is most closely related to Kerianthera, a monospecific genus from Amazonian Brazil.[6]
Species
- Isertia coccinea (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel.
- Isertia haenkeana DC.
- Isertia hypoleuca Benth.
- Isertia krausei Standl.
- Isertia laevis (Triana) B.M.Boom
- Isertia longifolia (Hoffmanns. ex Schult.) K.Schum.
- Isertia parviflora Vahl
- Isertia pittieri (Standl.) Standl.
- Isertia psammophila N.Dávila
- Isertia reticulata Britton ex Rusby
- Isertia rosea Spruce ex K.Schum.
- Isertia scorpioides B.M.Boom
- Isertia spiciformis DC.
- Isertia verrucosa (Humb. & Bonpl.) Standl.
- Isertia wilhelminensis Steyerm.