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Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder familynoun
widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
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rubiaceae
Rubiaceae is one of the largest plant families, known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of about 611 genera and 13,000 species. These plants range from herbs, shrubs, and trees that are predominantly tropical in distribution, with a few species occurring in temperate regions. Many species have medicinal properties, and some are economically important for the production of substances such as coffee, quinine, and dyes.
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Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee, quinine, and gambier, the medicinal ipecacuanha, and the horticulturally valuable madder, west Indian jasmine, partridgeberry, Morinda, Gardenia, and Pentas. Members of the coffee family tend to be concentrated in warmer and tropical climates around the world. Currently, about 611 genera and more than 13,000 species are placed in Rubiaceae. This makes it the fourth-largest family of flowering plants by number of species, and fifth-largest by number of genera.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Rubiaceae
The Madder plant family of the order Rubiales, subclass Asteridae, class Magnoliopsida includes important medicinal plants that provide QUININE; IPECAC; and COFFEE. They have opposite leaves and interpetiolar stipules.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rubiaceae in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rubiaceae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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