Plants of the Rubiaceae Family at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

Genus: Adina

Adina rubella
Chinese Buttonbush
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- Adina rubella // Chinese Buttonbush ("straight species")

Genus: Cephalanthus

Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush, Button-willow, Honey Bells
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- Cephalanthus occidentalis // Buttonbush, Button-willow, Honey Bells ("straight species")

Genus: Emmenopterys

Emmenopterys henryi
Chinese Emmenopterys
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- Emmenopterys henryi // Chinese Emmenopterys ("straight species")

Genus: Leptodermis

Leptodermis oblonga
Himalayan Leptodermis
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- Leptodermis oblonga // Himalayan Leptodermis ("straight species")