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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Gentianales — themadder ,bedstraw andcoffee plants.
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'' 'Rubiaceae' '' is a family of flowering plants, often called the [[madder]],
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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The trees in the lower story usually include more evergreen species and members of the Rubiaceae family.
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The annually flooded riverine forests are similar in both physiognomy and composition to the flooded forests of Amazonia with Amazonian families of Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Rubiaceae and Myrtaceae (Daly & Mitchell, 2000).
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In the scrub layer, there is a diversity of liana species of the Asclepiadaceae family and shrubs of the Leguminosae and Rubiaceae families.
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The tropical moist deciduous forests to the west and northwest of the Luang Prabang Range in northwestern Thailand and Laos are an extension of the teak (Tectona grandis) - dominated deciduous forests, but the vegetation community of the moist deciduous forests in the Meking plains, near Vientianne, are dominated by Fabaceae, Lythraceae, and Rubiaceae.
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The most common vascular plant families are Rubiaceae, Melastomataceae, Orchidaceae, Bromeliaceae, and Cyperaceae.
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The islands are now largely dominated by shrubby and grassy vegetation, with a few trees, principally represented by the Nyctaginaceae, Bignoniaceae, Anacardiaceae, Rubiaceae and Euphorbiaceae.
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The shrub layer in these forests includes Verbenaceae, Rubiaceae, and Euphorbiaceae, and the herbs include Acanthaceae, Tacca palmata, the root parasite Balanophora fungosa, and ground orchids such as Corymborkis.
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In this strip the angiosperm families with the most genera are Asteraceae (35), Orchidaceae (20), Leguminosae (20), Rubiaceae (20).
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Arborescent ferns, Melastomataceae, Mirtaceae, and Rubiaceae flourish in the brush story.
Cuban moist forests 2008
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