Rubiaceae

Translingual

Etymology

Rubia +‎ -aceae. From Rubia (“genus”), from Latin rubia (“red madder dye”), from ruber (“the colour red”).

Proper noun

Rubiaceae f pl

1. A taxonomic family within the order Gentianales – including the madder, bedstraw and coffee plants.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Antirheoideae, Cinchonoideae, Ixoroideae, Rubioideae - subfamilies
  • Catesbaea - selected genera

Descendants

• → Chinese: 茜草科 (qiàncǎo kē) (calque)
• ⇒ English: rubiaceous, → madder family (calque)
• → Japanese: 茜科 (Akane-ka) (calque)
• → Russian: маре́новые (marénovyje) (calque)

Translations

family of plants

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茜草科 (zh) (qiàncǎo kē)

• Japanese: 茜科 (Akane-ka)
• Russian: маре́новые (ru) pl (marénovyje)

References

• Rubiaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rubiaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rubiaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rubiaceae at APWeb
• Rubiaceae at Plants of the World Online
• Rubiaceae at Tropicos
• Rubiaceae at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Rubiaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rubiaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rubiaceae at World Register of Marine Species
• “Rubiaceae”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025