# Badula

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Genus of flowering plants

Not to be confused with [Badulla](/source/Badulla).

Badula Badula balfouriana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Subfamily: Myrsinoideae Genus: Badula Juss.[1] Synonyms[1] Stolidia Baill.

***Badula*** is a small genus of 14–17 species of tropical shrubs, placed formerly in the plant family [Myrsinaceae](/source/Myrsinaceae) (now subsumed in [Primulaceae](/source/Primulaceae) as subfamily Myrsinoideae). The genus is largely endemic to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) and the [Mascarene Islands](/source/Mascarene_Islands).[1]

## Species

[Mascarenes](/source/Mascarenes) endemic species:[1][2]

- *[Badula balfouriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_balfouriana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Kuntze) Mez

- *[Badula barthesia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_barthesia&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lam.) A.DC.

- *[Badula borbonica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_borbonica&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.DC.

- *[Badula crassa](/source/Badula_crassa)* A.DC.

- *[Badula decumbens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_decumbens&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Cordem.) Coode

- *[Badula fragilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_fragilis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bosser & Coode

- *[Badula grammisticta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_grammisticta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Cordem.) Coode

- *[Badula multiflora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_multiflora&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.DC.

- *[Badula nitida](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_nitida&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Coode) Coode

- *[Badula ovalifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_ovalifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.DC.

- *[Badula platyphylla](/source/Badula_platyphylla)* (A.DC.) Coode

- *[Badula reticulata](/source/Badula_reticulata)* A.DC.

- *[Badula richardiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_richardiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* H.Perrier

[Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) endemic species:[1][3]

- *[Badula leandriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_leandriana&action=edit&redlink=1)* H.Perrier

- *[Badula sieberi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_sieberi&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.DC.

- *[Badula pervilleana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_pervilleana&action=edit&redlink=1)* H.Perrier

Non-endemic species:[1]

- *[Badula insularis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_insularis&action=edit&redlink=1)* A.DC. – [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) and Vietnam

## Chemistry

*[Badula multiflora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badula_multiflora&action=edit&redlink=1)* [A.DC.](/source/Alphonse_Pyramus_de_Candolle) has been found to possess [antioxidant](/source/Antioxidant) properties.[4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-POWO_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-POWO_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-POWO_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-POWO_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-POWO_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-POWO_1-5) ["*Badula* Juss"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/27270-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew). Retrieved 2 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bone, R. E., Strijk, J. S., Fritsch, P. W., Buerki, S., Strasberg, D., Thébaud, C., & Hodkinson, T. R. (2012). Phylogenetic inference of Badula (Primulaceae), a rare and threatened genus endemic to the Mascarene Archipelago. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 169(2), 284-296. [https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/169/2/284/2416088?login=true](https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/169/2/284/2416088?login=true)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Perrier De La Bâthie H. 1952. Myrsinacées de Madagascar et des Comores. Mémoires de l’Institute Scientifique de Madagascar, Séries B 4: 208–245

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13880200601026242](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13880200601026242) Retrieved at 10.39 on Mon 15/6/20

Taxon identifiers Badula Wikidata: Q2708952 Wikispecies: Badula APDB: 201935 CoL: 3784 EPPO: 1BDUG GBIF: 7331064 GRIN: 1221 iNaturalist: 184710 IPNI: 27270-1 IRMNG: 1325452 NCBI: 1088095 Open Tree of Life: 182116 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27270-1 Tropicos: 40023824 WFO: wfo-4000003865

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