Embelia Explained

Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs once placed in the family Myrsinaceae, which is now included in the Primulaceae.^[1] There are about 130 species which occur in tropical and subtropical areas across a wide range including Africa and Madagascar and from eastern Asia to the Pacific Islands as well as Australia including:^[2]

• Embelia angustifolia (A. DC.) A. DC.
• Embelia australiana (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey^[3] - native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia^[2]
• Embelia basaal (Roem. & Schult.) A. DC.
• Embelia caulialata S.T.Reynolds^[3]
• Embelia curvinervia S.T.Reynolds^[3]
• Embelia demissa Cordem.
• Embelia disticha Fletcher
• Embelia floribunda Wall.
• Embelia grandifolia Fletcher
• Embelia grayi S.T.Reynolds^[3]
• Embelia laeta (L.) Mez.
• Embelia longifolia (Benth.) Hemsl.
• Embelia macrocarpa King & Gamble
• Embelia rowlandii Gilg^[4]
• Embelia oblongifolia Hemsl.
• Embelia pulchella Mez.
• Embelia ribes Burm. f. - false black pepper, white-flowered embelia
• Embelia ruminata (E.Mey. ex A.DC.) Mez
• Embelia schimperi Vatke
• Embelia sessiliflora Kurz.^[5]
• Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A. DC.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III . 2009 . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 161 . 2 . 105–121 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x . free . 10654/18083 . free .
2. Web site: Genus Embelia . 2009-08-11 . PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online . Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia.
3. Web site: Embelia . 2009-08-11 . Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
4. Web site: Embelia Burm.f. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-02-26 . Plants of the World Online . en.
5. Web site: Sorting Embelia names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Database. The University of Melbourne. 2009-08-11.
6. Web site: Genus: Embelia Burm. f. . 2009-08-11 . Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) . United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606000121/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4210 . 2011-06-06 . dead .