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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.
Synonyms
Bonatia Schltr. & K.Krause Camptophytum Pierre ex A.Chev. Canthiopsis Seem. Chomelia L. Cupi Adans. Flemingia W.Hunter Wahlenbergia Blume Webera Schreb.

Tarenna is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.

Selected species

• Tarenna agumbensis Sundararagh.
• Tarenna drummondii Bridson
• Tarenna hoaensis Pit.
• Tarenna luhomeroensis Bridson
• Tarenna monosperma (Wight & Arn.) D.C.S.Raju
• Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek.
• Tarenna quadrangularis Bremek.
• Tarenna sambucina (G.Forst.) T.Durand ex Drake
• Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh.

Image gallery

• Tarenna asiatica
• Tarenna asiatica
• Tarenna stellulata

References

1. POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
2. Tarenna. Flora of China.

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