Editing Genipa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| image = Flore_médicale_des_Antilles,_ou,_Traité_des_plantes_usuelles_(Pl._87)_(8201965491).jpg
| image_caption = Flower, fruit, and leaf of ''[[Genipa americana]]''
| taxon = Genipa
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = see [[#Taxonomy|text]]
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[[File:Genipa spruceana MHNT.BOT.2018.6.9.jpg|thumb|''Genipa spruceana'' - [[MHNT]]]]

'''''Genipa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[tree]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Rubiaceae]]. This genus is native to the [[Americas|American]] [[tropical forest]]s.

==Description==
Tall [[tree]]s, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large [[Phyllotaxis#Leaf arrangement|opposite]] leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hairy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Francis|first1=Macbride, J.|last2=E.|first2=Dahlgren, B.|date=1936|title=Flora of Peru /|journal=Fieldiana|language=en|volume=v.13:pt.6:no.1 [Rubiaceae]|pages=106}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Standley|first=Paul|date=1938|title=Flora of Costa Rica|language=en|volume=v.18:pt:4|pages=1299}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands|last=Liogier|first=Alain H.|date=1985|publisher=La Editorial, UPR|isbn=9780847723386|pages=97|language=en}}</ref> Presence of interpetiolar [[stipule]]s, triangle-shaped.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The large flowers are arranged in terminal [[Inflorescence|cymes]]; the [[Sepal|calyx]] is tubular, while the [[Petal|corolla]] can be trumpet-shaped or short-cylindrical, with 5-6 lobes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The [[stamen]]s are located at the top of the corolla.<ref name=":0" /> The fruit is an almost globose or ovoid berry, smooth, fleshy, with a thick rind.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The seeds are large and flat.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Taxonomy==
The species from Madagascar, originally described by [[Emmanuel Drake del Castillo|Drake]], do not belong to the Rubiaceae [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Gardenieae]] like the New World ''Genipa'' species, but in the tribe [[Octotropideae]].<ref name=":3" /> Those species were transferred to the genus ''[[Hyperacanthus (plant)|Hyperacanthus]]''.<ref name=":3" />

''Genipa spruceana'' is considered doubtfully distinct from ''Genipa americana''.<ref name=":4" />

Species currently recognized in ''Genipa'' are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Rubiaceae/Genipa/|title=Genipa — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-11}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Rakotonasolo|first1=Franck|last2=Davis|first2=Aaron|date=2006|title=Six Species of Madagascan Genipa Transferred to Hyperacanthus (Rubiaceae-Gardenieae) and New Data on General Morphology, Placentation and Ovary Structure in Hyperacanthus|journal=Taxon|volume=55|issue=2|pages=387–396|doi=10.2307/25065586|jstor=25065586}}</ref>
* ''[[Genipa americana]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Genipa infundibuliformis]]'' <small>Zappi & J.Semir</small> 
* ''[[Genipa spruceana]]'' <small>Steyerm.</small>

== Distribution and habitat ==
The genus is native to the [[tropical forest]]s of [[Americas|America]], including [[Florida]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology|last1=Grandtner|first1=M. M.|last2=Chevrette|first2=Julien|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123969545|pages=263|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last1=Zappi|first1=D. C.|last2=Semir|first2=J.|last3=Pierozzi|first3=N. I.|date=1995|title=Genipa infundibuliformis sp. nov. and Notes on Genipa americana (Rubiaceae)|journal=Kew Bulletin|volume=50|issue=4|pages=761–771|doi=10.2307/4110237|jstor=4110237|bibcode=1995KewBu..50..761Z }}</ref>

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[[Category:Rubiaceae genera]]
[[Category:Gardenieae]]