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Exacum

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Exacum
Exacum bicolor from India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Exaceae
Genus: Exacum
L. (1753)
Species[1]

75; see text

Distribution of the genus Exacum.
Synonyms[1]
  • Chondropis Raf. (1837)
  • Cotylanthera Blume (1826)
  • Eophylon A.Gray (1869)
  • Floyera Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Paracelsea Zoll. & Moritzi (1845)

Exacum (/ˈɛksəkəm/ EK-sə-kəm)[2][3] is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains 75 species native to tropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabian Peninsula, south and southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.[1]

Species

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75 species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Exacum L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. Klackenberg, Jens (1985). "The genus Exacum (Gentianaceae)". Opera Bot. 84: 1–144.
  3. Klackenberg, jens (2006). "Cotylanthera transferred to Exacum (Gentianaceae)". Botanische Jahrbücher. 126 (4): 477–481. doi:10.1127/0006-8152/2006/0126-0477.
  4. Geethakumary, M.P.; Deepu, Sivadas; Kissling, Jonathan; Pandurangan, A.G. (2022). "Revisiting the taxonomy of Exacum courtallense (Gentianaceae) and recognizing E. courtallense var. laxiflorum at the species rank". Phytotaxa. 559 (2): 185–192. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.7.