# Bertiera

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{{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.](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet)
|type_species = ''[Bertiera guianensis](/source/Bertiera_guianensis)''
|type_species_authority = [Aubl.](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet)
|synonyms = * ''Justenia'' <small>[Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)</small>
* ''Pomatium'' <small>[C.F.Gaertn.](/source/Karl_Friedrich_von_Gaertner)</small>
* ''Zaluzania'' <small>[Pers.](/source/Christiaan_Hendrik_Persoon)</small>
| range_map =Bertiera range.jpg}}

'''''Bertiera''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae). It comprises 57 species with most known from tropical Africa, five known from various [:Indian Ocean](/source/%3AIndian_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](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet) in 1775 and the type species is ''[Bertiera guianensis](/source/Bertiera_guianensis)''. It is the only genus in the tribe Bertiereae.

==Species==
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* ''[Bertiera adamsii](/source/Bertiera_adamsii)'' <small>(Hepper) N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera aequatorialis](/source/Bertiera_aequatorialis)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera aethiopica](/source/Bertiera_aethiopica)'' <small>[Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)</small>
* ''[Bertiera angusiana](/source/Bertiera_angusiana)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera angustifolia](/source/Bertiera_angustifolia)'' <small>[Benth.](/source/George_Bentham)</small>
* ''[Bertiera annobonensis](/source/Bertiera_annobonensis)'' <small>[G.Taylor](/source/George_Taylor_(botanist)) ex Mildbr.</small>
* ''[Bertiera arctistipula](/source/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](/source/Bertiera_batesii)'' <small>Wernham</small>
* ''[Bertiera bicarpellata](/source/Bertiera_bicarpellata)'' <small>([K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)) 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](/source/Bertiera_bistipulata)'' <small>Bojer ex Wernham</small>
* ''[Bertiera borbonica](/source/Bertiera_borbonica)'' <small>[A.Rich.](/source/Achille_Richard) ex [DC.](/source/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Bertiera bracteolata](/source/Bertiera_bracteolata)'' <small>[Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)</small>
* ''[Bertiera bracteosa](/source/Bertiera_bracteosa)'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) B.Ståhl & L.Andersson</small>
* ''[Bertiera breviflora](/source/Bertiera_breviflora)'' <small>[Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)</small>
* ''[Bertiera brevithyrsa](/source/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](/source/Bertiera_chevalieri)'' <small>[Hutch.](/source/John_Hutchinson_(botanist)) & Dalziel</small>  
* ''[Bertiera congolana](/source/Bertiera_congolana)'' <small>[De Wild.](/source/%C3%89mile_Auguste_Joseph_De_Wildeman) & [T.Durand](/source/Th%C3%A9ophile_Alexis_Durand)</small><ref name="Nguembou-2003"/>
* ''[Bertiera crinita](/source/Bertiera_crinita)'' <small>([A.Rich.](/source/Achille_Richard)) Wittle & A.P.Davis</small><ref name="Wittle"/> 
* ''[Bertiera elabensis](/source/Bertiera_elabensis)'' <small>[K.Krause](/source/Kurt_Krause)</small>
* ''[Bertiera fimbriata](/source/Bertiera_fimbriata)'' <small>Hepper</small>
* ''[Bertiera globiceps](/source/Bertiera_globiceps)'' <small>[K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)</small>
* ''[Bertiera gonzaleoides](/source/Bertiera_gonzaleoides)'' <small>[Griseb.](/source/August_Heinrich_Rudolf_Grisebach)</small>
* ''[Bertiera guianensis](/source/Bertiera_guianensis)'' <small>[Aubl.](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet)</small>
* ''[Bertiera heterophylla](/source/Bertiera_heterophylla)'' <small>Nguembou & Sonké</small><ref name="Nguembou-2006"/>
* ''[Bertiera iturensis](/source/Bertiera_iturensis)'' <small>[K.Krause](/source/Kurt_Krause)</small>
* ''[Bertiera lanx](/source/Bertiera_lanx)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera laurentii](/source/Bertiera_laurentii)'' <small>[De Wild.](/source/%C3%89mile_Auguste_Joseph_De_Wildeman)</small>
* ''[Bertiera laxa](/source/Bertiera_laxa)'' <small>[Benth.](/source/George_Bentham)</small>
* ''[Bertiera laxissima](/source/Bertiera_laxissima)'' <small>[K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)</small>
* ''[Bertiera ledermannii](/source/Bertiera_ledermannii)'' <small>[K.Krause](/source/Kurt_Krause)</small>
* ''[Bertiera lejolyana](/source/Bertiera_lejolyana)'' <small>Nguembou & Sonké</small>
* ''[Bertiera letouzeyi](/source/Bertiera_letouzeyi)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera longiloba](/source/Bertiera_longiloba)'' <small>[K.Krause](/source/Kurt_Krause)</small>
* ''[Bertiera longithyrsa](/source/Bertiera_longithyrsa)'' <small>[Baker](/source/John_Gilbert_Baker)</small><ref name="Wittle"/>
* ''[Bertiera loraria](/source/Bertiera_loraria)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera lujae](/source/Bertiera_lujae)'' <small>[De Wild.](/source/%C3%89mile_Auguste_Joseph_De_Wildeman)</small>
* ''[Bertiera naucleoides](/source/Bertiera_naucleoides)'' <small>([S.Moore](/source/Spencer_Le_Marchant_Moore)) [Bridson](/source/Diane_Mary_Bridson)</small>
* ''[Bertiera orthopetala](/source/Bertiera_orthopetala)'' <small>([Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)) N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera parviflora](/source/Bertiera_parviflora)'' <small>[Spruce](/source/Richard_Spruce) ex [K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)</small>
* ''[Bertiera pauloi](/source/Bertiera_pauloi)'' <small>[Verdc.](/source/Bernard_Verdcourt)</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](/source/Bertiera_pedicellata)'' <small>([Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)) Wernham</small>
* ''[Bertiera procumbens](/source/Bertiera_procumbens)'' <small>[K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann) & [K.Krause](/source/Kurt_Krause)</small>
* ''[Bertiera pubiflora](/source/Bertiera_pubiflora)'' <small>([Steyerm.](/source/Julian_Alfred_Steyermark)) L.Andersson & B.Ståhl</small>
* ''[Bertiera racemosa](/source/Bertiera_racemosa)'' <small>([G.Don](/source/George_Don)) [K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)</small>
* ''[Bertiera retrofracta](/source/Bertiera_retrofracta)'' <small>[K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)</small>
* ''[Bertiera rosseeliana](/source/Bertiera_rosseeliana)'' <small>Sonké, Esono & Nguembou</small>
* ''[Bertiera rufa](/source/Bertiera_rufa)'' <small>[A.Rich.](/source/Achille_Richard) ex [DC.](/source/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Bertiera rugosa](/source/Bertiera_rugosa)'' <small>L.Andersson & C.H.Perss.</small>
* ''[Bertiera sphaerica](/source/Bertiera_sphaerica)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera spicata](/source/Bertiera_spicata)'' <small>([C.F.Gaertn.](/source/Karl_Friedrich_von_Gaertner)) [K.Schum.](/source/Karl_Moritz_Schumann)</small>
* ''[Bertiera subsessilis](/source/Bertiera_subsessilis)'' <small>[Hiern](/source/William_Philip_Hiern)</small>
* ''[Bertiera tessmannii](/source/Bertiera_tessmannii)'' <small>[K.Krause](/source/Kurt_Krause)</small>
* ''[Bertiera thollonii](/source/Bertiera_thollonii)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera thonneri](/source/Bertiera_thonneri)'' <small>[De Wild.](/source/%C3%89mile_Auguste_Joseph_De_Wildeman) & [T.Durand](/source/Th%C3%A9ophile_Alexis_Durand)</small>
* ''[Bertiera troupinii](/source/Bertiera_troupinii)'' <small>N.Hallé</small>
* ''[Bertiera viburnoides](/source/Bertiera_viburnoides)'' <small>([Standl.](/source/Paul_Carpenter_Standley)) J.H.Kirkbr.</small>
* ''[Bertiera zaluzania](/source/Bertiera_zaluzania)'' <small>[Comm.](/source/Philibert_Commerson) ex [C.F.Gaertn.](/source/Karl_Friedrich_von_Gaertner)</small>
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==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

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