{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Bertiera crinita - Bergianska trädgården - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC00435.JPG |image_caption = ''Bertiera crinita'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Bertiera |authority = Aubl. |type_species = ''Bertiera guianensis'' |type_species_authority = Aubl. |synonyms = * ''Justenia'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Pomatium'' <small>C.F.Gaertn.</small> * ''Zaluzania'' <small>Pers.</small> | range_map =Bertiera range.jpg}}
'''''Bertiera''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various :Indian Ocean islands and five found in the tropics of the Americas.<ref name="WCSP">{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Bertiera|title=''Bertiera'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae|access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Bertiera'' was described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775 and the type species is ''Bertiera guianensis''. It is the only genus in the tribe Bertiereae.
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''Bertiera adamsii'' <small>(Hepper) N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera aequatorialis'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera aethiopica'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Bertiera angusiana'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera angustifolia'' <small>Benth.</small> * ''Bertiera annobonensis'' <small>G.Taylor ex Mildbr.</small> * ''Bertiera arctistipula'' <small>N.Hallé</small><ref name="Nguembou-2003">{{cite journal|author=Nguembou K, Charlemagne|year=2003|title=Les espèces camerounaises du genre ''Bertiera'' (Rubiaceae)|journal=Systematics and Geography of Plants|volume=73|issue=2|pages=237–280|display-authors=etal}}</ref> * ''Bertiera batesii'' <small>Wernham</small> * ''Bertiera bicarpellata'' <small>(K.Schum.) N.Hallé</small><ref name="Nguembou-2006">{{cite journal|author=Nguembou K, Charlemagne|year=2006|title=A new heterophyllous ''Bertiera'' (Rubiaceae) from Cameroon and Gabon|journal=Systematics and Geography of Plants|volume=76|issue=2|pages=211–216|display-authors=etal}}</ref> * ''Bertiera bistipulata'' <small>Bojer ex Wernham</small> * ''Bertiera borbonica'' <small>A.Rich. ex DC.</small> * ''Bertiera bracteolata'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Bertiera bracteosa'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) B.Ståhl & L.Andersson</small> * ''Bertiera breviflora'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Bertiera brevithyrsa'' <small>A.P.Davis</small><ref name="Wittle">{{cite journal|author=Wittle PM, Davis AP|year=2010|title=A revision of Madagascan ''Bertiera'' (Rubiaceae)|journal=Blumea|volume=55|issue=2|pages=105–110|doi=10.3767/000651910X525259|url=http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525748|url-access=subscription}}</ref> * ''Bertiera chevalieri'' <small>Hutch. & Dalziel</small> * ''Bertiera congolana'' <small>De Wild. & T.Durand</small><ref name="Nguembou-2003"/> * ''Bertiera crinita'' <small>(A.Rich.) Wittle & A.P.Davis</small><ref name="Wittle"/> * ''Bertiera elabensis'' <small>K.Krause</small> * ''Bertiera fimbriata'' <small>Hepper</small> * ''Bertiera globiceps'' <small>K.Schum.</small> * ''Bertiera gonzaleoides'' <small>Griseb.</small> * ''Bertiera guianensis'' <small>Aubl.</small> * ''Bertiera heterophylla'' <small>Nguembou & Sonké</small><ref name="Nguembou-2006"/> * ''Bertiera iturensis'' <small>K.Krause</small> * ''Bertiera lanx'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera laurentii'' <small>De Wild.</small> * ''Bertiera laxa'' <small>Benth.</small> * ''Bertiera laxissima'' <small>K.Schum.</small> * ''Bertiera ledermannii'' <small>K.Krause</small> * ''Bertiera lejolyana'' <small>Nguembou & Sonké</small> * ''Bertiera letouzeyi'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera longiloba'' <small>K.Krause</small> * ''Bertiera longithyrsa'' <small>Baker</small><ref name="Wittle"/> * ''Bertiera loraria'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera lujae'' <small>De Wild.</small> * ''Bertiera naucleoides'' <small>(S.Moore) Bridson</small> * ''Bertiera orthopetala'' <small>(Hiern) N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera parviflora'' <small>Spruce ex K.Schum.</small> * ''Bertiera pauloi'' <small>Verdc.</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Amano, M. |author2=Kelbessa, E. |author3=Gereau, R.E. |author4=Hemp, A. |author5=Kabuye, C. |author6=Kalema, J. |author7=Kindeketa, W. |author8=Luke, W.R.Q. |author9=Malombe, I. |author10=Minani, V. |author11=Ndangalasi, H. |date=2020 |title=''Bertiera pauloi'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T34791A2855424 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T34791A2855424.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> * ''Bertiera pedicellata'' <small>(Hiern) Wernham</small> * ''Bertiera procumbens'' <small>K.Schum. & K.Krause</small> * ''Bertiera pubiflora'' <small>(Steyerm.) L.Andersson & B.Ståhl</small> * ''Bertiera racemosa'' <small>(G.Don) K.Schum.</small> * ''Bertiera retrofracta'' <small>K.Schum.</small> * ''Bertiera rosseeliana'' <small>Sonké, Esono & Nguembou</small> * ''Bertiera rufa'' <small>A.Rich. ex DC.</small> * ''Bertiera rugosa'' <small>L.Andersson & C.H.Perss.</small> * ''Bertiera sphaerica'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera spicata'' <small>(C.F.Gaertn.) K.Schum.</small> * ''Bertiera subsessilis'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Bertiera tessmannii'' <small>K.Krause</small> * ''Bertiera thollonii'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera thonneri'' <small>De Wild. & T.Durand</small> * ''Bertiera troupinii'' <small>N.Hallé</small> * ''Bertiera viburnoides'' <small>(Standl.) J.H.Kirkbr.</small> * ''Bertiera zaluzania'' <small>Comm. ex C.F.Gaertn.</small> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Bertiera}} *[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Bertiera ''Bertiera'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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Category:Bertiera Category:Rubiaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet