Tarenna
Genus of flowering plants
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Tarenna is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 193 species distributed across the old world tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.[1] Petra De Block et al. have assigned several species formerly included in Tarenna to other genera, Cladoceras, Sonbridia, and Nesotarenna within the tribe Pavetteae.[2] They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.[3]
| Tarenna | |
|---|---|
| Tarenna nilagirica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Pavetteae |
| Genus: | Tarenna Gaertn. |
| Type species | |
| Tarenna asiatica (L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of December 2025 Plants of the World Online accepts 193 species.[1]
- Tarenna acuminata Merr.
- Tarenna acutisepala F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
- Tarenna adangensis (Ridl.) Ridl.
- Tarenna adpressa (King) Merr.
- Tarenna agnata Cheek & Lopez Poveda
- Tarenna agumbensis Sundararagh.
- Tarenna alleizettei (Dubard & Dop) De Block
- Tarenna alpestris (Wight) N.P.Balakr.
- Tarenna angustifolia Merr.
- Tarenna annamensis Pit.
- Tarenna arborea (Elmer) Elmer
- Tarenna arborescens Ridl.
- Tarenna asiatica (L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum.
- Tarenna attenuata (Hook.f.) Hutch.
- Tarenna aurantiaca Naiki & Tagane
- Tarenna austrosinensis Chun & F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
- Tarenna baconoides Wernham
- Tarenna bakeri (Merr.) Bremek.
- Tarenna barbellata Valeton
- Tarenna bartlettii Ridl.
- Tarenna bartlingii Bremek.
- Tarenna baviensis (Drake) Pit.
- Tarenna bipindensis (K.Schum.) Bremek.
- Tarenna bonii Pit.
- Tarenna borneensis Valeton
- Tarenna brachysiphon (Hiern) Keay
- Tarenna brevicymigera W.C.Chen
- Tarenna bridsoniana Degreef
- Tarenna burttii Bridson
- Tarenna calliblepharis N.Hallé
- Tarenna campaniflora (Hook.f.) N.P.Balakr.
- Tarenna canarica (Bedd.) Bremek.
- Tarenna capitata Pit.
- Tarenna capuroniana De Block
- Tarenna catanduanensis Merr.
- Tarenna celebica (Miq.) Ruhsam
- Tarenna charlesii S.Maya & Sunilk.
- Tarenna chevalieri Pit.
- Tarenna ciliolata (Korth.) Bremek.
- Tarenna cinerea Craib
- Tarenna collinsiae Craib
- Tarenna compactiflora (Kurz) Bremek.
- Tarenna conferta (Benth.) Hiern
- Tarenna confusa (Blume) Valeton
- Tarenna congensis Hiern
- Tarenna coriacea (Korth.) Merr.
- Tarenna costata (Miq.) Merr.
- Tarenna crassifolia Ridl.
- Tarenna cumingiana (S.Vidal) Elmer
- Tarenna curtisii (King) F.N.Williams
- Tarenna dallachiana (F.Muell. ex Benth.) S.Moore
- Tarenna dasyphylla (Miq.) Valeton ex Steenis
- Tarenna debilis Ridl.
- Tarenna depauperata Hutch.
- Tarenna disperma (Hook.f.) Pit.
- Tarenna drummondii Bridson
- Tarenna ebracteata (Elmer) Elmer
- Tarenna eketensis Wernham
- Tarenna elongata Merr.
- Tarenna eucrantha (Elmer) Merr.
- Tarenna evansii Ridl.
- Tarenna flava Alston
- Tarenna foonchewii (W.C.Ko) Tao Chen
- Tarenna forsteniana (Miq.) Ruhsam
- Tarenna fragrans (Blume) Koord. & Valeton
- Tarenna funebris (Bremek.) N.Hallé
- Tarenna fuscoflava (K.Schum.) S.Moore
- Tarenna gibbsiae Wernham
- Tarenna gilletii (De Wild. & T.Durand) N.Hallé ex Gereau
- Tarenna glaberrima Ridl.
- Tarenna gossweileri S.Moore
- Tarenna gracilipes (Hayata) Ohwi
- Tarenna gracilis (Stapf) Keay
- Tarenna grandiflora (Benth.) Hiern
- Tarenna harleyae Jongkind
- Tarenna harmandiana Pit.
- Tarenna helferi (Kurz) N.P.Balakr. ex S.C.Das & M.A.Rahman
- Tarenna hexamera (Schltr. & K.Krause) Jérémie
- Tarenna hirsuta Craib
- Tarenna hispidula Craib
- Tarenna hoaensis Pit.
- Tarenna hosei Ridl.
- Tarenna hutchinsonii Bremek.
- Tarenna idukkiana Robi & Balan
- Tarenna ignambiensis (Guillaumin) Jérémie
- Tarenna inops Degreef
- Tarenna insularis (Ridl.) Ridl.
- Tarenna jolinonii N.Hallé
- Tarenna joskei (Horne ex Baker) A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin
- Tarenna junodii (Schinz) Bremek.
- Tarenna keyensis Valeton
- Tarenna kivuensis Degreef
- Tarenna lanceolata Chun & F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
- Tarenna lancilimba W.C.Chen
- Tarenna lasiorhachis (K.Schum. & K.Krause) Bremek.
- Tarenna laticorymbosa Chun & F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
- Tarenna latifolia Pit.
- Tarenna laui Merr.
- Tarenna leioloba (Guillaumin) S.Moore
- Tarenna leonardii N.Hallé
- Tarenna lifouana (Däniker) Jérémie
- Tarenna limbata (Stapf) Bremek.
- Tarenna littoralis Merr.
- Tarenna loheri (Merr.) Bremek.
- Tarenna longifolia (Miq.) Ridl.
- Tarenna longipedicellata (J.G.García) Bridson
- Tarenna luhomeroensis Bridson
- Tarenna luteola (Stapf) Bremek.
- Tarenna luzoniensis (Vidal) Bremek.
- Tarenna macroptera (Miq.) Bremek.
- Tarenna madagascariensis (Ten.) I.M.Turner
- Tarenna maingayi (Hook.f.) Merr.
- Tarenna membranacea Pit.
- Tarenna meyeri (Elmer) Elmer
- Tarenna microcarpa (Guillaumin) Jérémie
- Tarenna mollis (Wall. ex Hook.f.) B.L.Rob.
- Tarenna mollissima (Hook. & Arn.) B.L.Rob.
- Tarenna monosperma (Wight & Arn.) D.C.S.Raju
- Tarenna monticola S.T.Reynolds & P.I.Forst.
- Tarenna multinervia (Merr.) Bremek.
- Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek.
- Tarenna nilotica Hiern
- Tarenna nitida Merr.
- Tarenna nitidula (Benth.) Hiern
- Tarenna nitiduloides G.Taylor
- Tarenna oblanceolata Ridl.
- Tarenna oblonga (Korth.) Bremek.
- Tarenna obtusifolia Merr.
- Tarenna odorata (Roxb.) B.L.Rob.
- Tarenna ogoouensis Degreef
- Tarenna palawanensis (Elmer) Merr.
- Tarenna pallidula Hiern
- Tarenna pangasinensis Merr.
- Tarenna pauciflora Craib
- Tarenna pavettoides (Harv.) Sim
- Tarenna peekeliana Valeton
- Tarenna pembensis J.E.Burrows
- Tarenna pentamera (Benth.) S.T.Reynolds
- Tarenna petitii N.Hallé
- Tarenna pilosa (Craib) Bremek.
- Tarenna polycarpa (Miq.) Koord. & Valeton
- Tarenna polysperma Chun & F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
- Tarenna precidantenna N.Hallé
- Tarenna principensis Degreef
- Tarenna puberula Craib
- Tarenna pubiflora (Decne.) Meijer
- Tarenna pubinervis Hutch.
- Tarenna pubituba (Merr.) Bremek.
- Tarenna pulchra (Ridl.) Ridl.
- Tarenna pumila (Hook.f.) Merr.
- Tarenna quadrangularis Bremek.
- Tarenna quocensis Pit.
- Tarenna rhypalostigma (Schltr.) Bremek.
- Tarenna ridleyi (H.Pearson ex Ridl.) Ridl.
- Tarenna roseicosta Bridson
- Tarenna rudis Ridl.
- Tarenna rwandensis Bridson
- Tarenna sakae Craib
- Tarenna sambucina (G.Forst.) T.Durand ex Drake
- Tarenna scaberula (Merr.) Merr.
- Tarenna scabrida S.Moore
- Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh.
- Tarenna seemanniana A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin
- Tarenna sinica W.C.Chen
- Tarenna spiranthera (Drake) Homolle
- Tarenna stellulata (Hook.f.) Ridl.
- Tarenna stenantha Merr.
- Tarenna subsessilis (A.Gray) Ito
- Tarenna sumatrana Ridl.
- Tarenna sumatrensis (Roth) Bremek.
- Tarenna sylvicola (Ridl.) Merr.
- Tarenna thomasii Hutch. & Dalziel
- Tarenna thorelii Pit.
- Tarenna thouarsiana (Drake) Homolle
- Tarenna tonkinensis Pit.
- Tarenna trichurensis Sasidh. & Sivar.
- Tarenna truncatocalyx (Guillaumin) Bremek.
- Tarenna tsangii Merr.
- Tarenna uniflora Homolle
- Tarenna unioensis (Guillaumin) Jérémie
- Tarenna uzungwaensis Bridson
- Tarenna valida Craib
- Tarenna vanprukii Craib
- Tarenna verticillata Jérémie
- Tarenna vignei Hutch. & Dalziel
- Tarenna wallichii (Hook.f.) Ridl.
- Tarenna wangii Chun & F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
- Tarenna warburgiana Valeton
- Tarenna weberifolia (Kurz) N.P.Balakr.
- Tarenna winkleri Valeton
- Tarenna wrayi (King) Ridl.
- Tarenna yappii (King) Ridl.
- Tarenna yunnanensis F.C.How ex W.C.Chen
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- Tarenna stellulata