Ventilago

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Ventilago
Ventilago viminalis00.jpg
Ventilago viminalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Tribe:
Genus: Ventilago
Gaertn.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Apteron Kurz
  • Enrila Blanco
  • Kurzinda Kuntze
Ventilago denticulata

Ventilago is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes about 40 species found in the tropics of South and SE Asia, Australasia, with one species each in Africa and Madagascar.

The roots of are used in Vanuatu to produce a crimson red dye (known in some local languages as labwa[what language is this?] or labwe[what language is this?] which is used to pattern traditional textiles.

Species[]

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[1]

  • Exell
  • Ridl.
  • Merr.
  • Baill.
  • Tul.
  • Cahen & Utteridge
  • Pierre
  • Willd.
  • (Blanco) Merr.
  • (G.Don) Exell
  • (F.Muell.) F.Muell.[2]
  • Hemsl.
  • Cahen & Utteridge
  • Cahen & Utteridge
  • Suess.
  • Pierre
  • Gamble
  • Pierre
  • Merr. & Chun
  • Ridl.
  • Merr.
  • (Tardieu) J.F.Maxwell
  • Benth.
  • Tul.
  • Miq.
  • Gaertn.
  • M.A.Lawson
  • Ridl.
  • K.Schum.
  • Merr.
  • Schltr.
  • Kaneh.
  • Elmer
  • Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Pit.
  • Guillaumin
  • W.D.Francis[2]
  • Ventilago viminalis Hook.[2]
  • A.Gray
  • G.S.Fan

References[]

  1. ^ Plants of the World Online: Ventilago Gaertn. (retrieved 19 March 2021)
  2. ^ a b c "Ventilago". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
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