Danais (plant)

Danais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Danaideae
Genus:	Danais; Comm. ex Vent.
Type species
	; (Lam.) Pers.
Synonyms
	Alleizettea Dubard & Dop;

Danais is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[1] Most species are native to Madagascar; at least three others are distributed in Tanzania, Comoros, and the Mascarene Islands.^[2]

These are climbing plants with flowers in shades of white, yellow, orange, red, blue, or purple. The flowers have very slender tubes and are adapted for pollination by moths, such as hawkmoths. The plants often have an unpleasant scent, but some flowers have a sweet fragrance.^[2]

Species[]

Homolle - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
ex Puff & Buchner - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Drake - Mayotte
(Pers.) Steud. - Madagascar
Balf.f. - Rodrigues (possibly extinct, last collected in 1874)
Cavaco - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
(Lam.) Pers. - Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion
Baker - Madagascar
Homolle - Comoros, Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
Puff & Buchner - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Puff & Buchner - Madagascar
Pers. - Mauritius
Boivin ex Drake - Madagascar
Homolle - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
Baker - Madagascar
(K.Schum.) Bremek. - Tanzania

References[]

^ Philibert Commerson ex Étienne Pierre Ventenat. 1799. Tableau du Regne Vegetal 2: 584.
^ ^a ^b Danais. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.

External links[]

Danais in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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[1] Philibert Commerson ex Étienne Pierre Ventenat. 1799. Tableau du Regne Vegetal 2: 584.

[tropicos-2] Danais. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.

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