# Catesbaea

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***Catesbaea*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae). It occurs in the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies), [The Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas), and the [Florida Keys](/source/Florida_Keys).[1] The genus is named in honour of English naturalist [Mark Catesby](/source/Mark_Catesby).[2]

## Species

- *[Catesbaea ekmaniana](/source/Catesbaea_ekmaniana)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
- *[Catesbaea flaviflora](/source/Catesbaea_flaviflora)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
- *[Catesbaea foliosa](/source/Catesbaea_foliosa)* Millsp. - [Bahamas](/source/Bahamas), [Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)
- *[Catesbaea fuertesii](/source/Catesbaea_fuertesii)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)
- *[Catesbaea gamboana](/source/Catesbaea_gamboana)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
- *[Catesbaea glabra](/source/Catesbaea_glabra)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic), [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
- *[Catesbaea grayi](/source/Catesbaea_grayi)* [Griseb.](/source/August_Heinrich_Rudolf_Grisebach) - [Cuba](/source/Cuba), [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
- *[Catesbaea holacantha](/source/Catesbaea_holacantha)* C.Wright ex [Griseb.](/source/August_Heinrich_Rudolf_Grisebach) - [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
- *[Catesbaea longispina](/source/Catesbaea_longispina)* [A.Rich.](/source/Achille_Richard) - [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
- *[Catesbaea macrantha](/source/Catesbaea_macrantha)* C.Wright - [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
- *[Catesbaea melanocarpa](/source/Catesbaea_melanocarpa)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - tropical lilythorn - [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico), [Leeward Islands](/source/Leeward_Islands)
- *[Catesbaea microcarpa](/source/Catesbaea_microcarpa)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
- *[Catesbaea nana](/source/Catesbaea_nana)* Greenm. - [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
- *[Catesbaea parviflora](/source/Catesbaea_parviflora)* [Sw.](/source/Olof_Peter_Swartz) - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - [Florida Keys](/source/Florida_Keys), [Bahamas](/source/Bahamas), [Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands), [Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands), [Cuba](/source/Cuba), [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic), [Haiti](/source/Haiti), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)
- *[Catesbaea parvifolia](/source/Catesbaea_parvifolia)* [DC.](/source/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle) - [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic), [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
- *[Catesbaea sphaerocarpa](/source/Catesbaea_sphaerocarpa)* [Urb.](/source/Ignatz_Urban) - [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
- *[Catesbaea spinosa](/source/Catesbaea_spinosa)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) - [Cuba](/source/Cuba), [Bahamas](/source/Bahamas)

## References

1. ["*Catesbaea* in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families"](https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=35678). Retrieved 22 April 2019.

1. Partington CF (ed.) (1835). [*The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uZxQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA748). Vol. 1. London: Orr & Smith. pp. 748–749. This source says the genus was named by [Gronovius](/source/Jan_Frederik_Gronovius).

## External links

- [USDA Plants Profile](https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CATES)

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