Badusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Asa Gray in 1860.[2] The genus is native to the Philippines (Palawan), New Guinea, and some islands of the West Pacific (Solomons, Fiji, Santa Cruz, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Palau).[1]
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| 1797 botanical illustration of then Cinchona corymbifera, now a synonym of Badusa corymbifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Chiococceae |
| Genus: | Badusa A.Gray |
| Type species | |
| Badusa corymbifera | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
edit- Badusa corymbifera A.Gray - New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji, Santa Cruz, Tonga, Vanuatu
- Badusa corymbifera subsp. biakensis Ridsdale[3] - New Guinea
- Badusa corymbifera subsp. corymbifera - Solomons, Fiji, Santa Cruz, Tonga, Vanuatu
- Badusa palauensis Valeton[4] - Palau (Micronesia)
- Badusa palawanensis Ridsdale[5] - Palawan (Philippines)
References
edit- ^ a b "Badusa in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1860. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 308
- ^ Ridsdale, Blumea 28: 148 (1982).
- ^ Valeton, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 299 (1930).
- ^ Ridsdale, Blumea 28: 146 (1982).
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