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Genus of plants This article is about flowering plants. For the bagworm moth genus including e.g. Canephora hirsuta, see Canephora (moth). For the ancient Greek honorific, see Kanephoros.

Canephora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Octotropideae
Genus: Canephora
Juss.
Type species
Canephora madagascariensis
J.F.Gmel.

Canephora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, indigenous to Madagascar.

Description

The name Canephora, "basket bearer", refers to both the flattened peduncle topped by a "hollowed apex bearing flowers" and to the ritual office for unmarried young women in ancient Greece, as bearer of a sacred basket full of offerings during processions at festivals.

Canephora is unique in Rubiaceae in having peduncles transformed into flattened, green axes called phylloclades.

Canephora madagascariensis has bright white, campanulate flowers and apparently edible, red fruits, locally known as "hazongalala".

Species

Currently, five species are recognized, but several new species await description.

References

  1. Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de (August 8, 1789). Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu Genera plantarum :secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto regio parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV. apud viduam Herissant et Theophilum Barrois.
  2. "Canephora in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. Roccos JL (1995). "The kanephoros and her festival mantle in Greek art". American Journal of Archaeology. 99 (4): 641–666. doi:10.2307/506187. JSTOR 506187. S2CID 191400219.
  4. ^ De Block P, Vrijdaghs A (2013). "Development of reproductive organs in Canephora madagascariensis (Octotropideae - Rubiaceae)". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 146 (3): 310–327. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2013.844.
  5. Seligson D (1972). "On collecting herbs in Madagascar". Arnoldia. 32: 23–29. doi:10.5962/p.389370.

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