Genus of plants

Lilythorn

Catesbaea spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Rubiaceae
Subfamily:  | Cinchonoideae
Tribe:  | Chiococceae
Genus:  | Catesbaea

Type species
Catesbaea spinosa

Synonyms

Phyllacanthus Hook.f.

Catesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys.[1] The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.[2]

## Species[edit]

* Catesbaea ekmaniana Urb. \- Haiti
* Catesbaea flaviflora Urb. \- Cuba
* Catesbaea foliosa Millsp. \- Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands
* Catesbaea fuertesii Urb. \- Dominican Republic
* Catesbaea gamboana Urb. \- Cuba
* Catesbaea glabra Urb. \- Dominican Republic, Haiti
* Catesbaea grayi Griseb. \- Cuba, Haiti
* Catesbaea holacantha C.Wright ex Griseb. \- Cuba
* Catesbaea longispina A.Rich. \- Cuba
* Catesbaea macrantha C.Wright \- Cuba
* Catesbaea melanocarpa Urb. \- tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
* Catesbaea microcarpa Urb. \- Haiti
* Catesbaea nana Greenm. \- Cuba
* Catesbaea parviflora Sw. \- smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
* Catesbaea parvifolia DC. \- Dominican Republic, Haiti
* Catesbaea sphaerocarpa Urb. \- Haiti
* Catesbaea spinosa L. \- Cuba, Bahamas

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Catesbaea in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 22 April 2019.
2. ^ Partington CF, ed. (1835). The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History. Vol. 1\. London: Orr & Smith. pp. 748–749. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius.

## External links[edit]

* USDA Plants Profile

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5051959
* Wikispecies: Catesbaea
* CoL: 8VW23
* EoL: 29629
* GBIF: 2910974
* GRIN: 2176
* iNaturalist: 156999
* IPNI: 30059171-2
* IRMNG: 1090907
* ITIS: 34954
* NCBI: 43451
* Open Tree of Life: 9113
* PLANTS: CATES
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30059171-2
* Tropicos: 40002695
* WFO: wfo-4000006988

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