Ixora coccinea Comm. ex Lam.
Rubiaceae
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Summary
Ixora coccinea is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a common flowering shrub native to Southern India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. It has become one of the most popular flowering shrubs in South Florida gardens and landscapes. It is the national flower of Suriname.
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About the genus · Ixora
Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. More on Wikipedia ›
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Also known as Ixora coccinea Comm.
Cultivation
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
Photographs: (c) Zinogre, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA); (c) Marilyne Busque-Dubois, some rights reserved (CC BY) (3); (c) Carlos Alexandre Mattos Raposo, some rights reserved (CC BY); (c) Siddarth Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY) (3).
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Papers naming this species
Works whose title or abstract names Ixora coccinea, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.
Related
Other Ixora 3 in the reference
History & registers
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