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Catesbaea

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ5051959 ↗
Source-derived summary

Catesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.

Species

Catesbaea ekmaniana Urb. - Haiti

Catesbaea flaviflora Urb. - Cuba

Catesbaea foliosa Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands

Catesbaea fuertesii Urb. - Dominican Republic

Catesbaea gamboana Urb. - Cuba

Catesbaea glabra Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti

Catesbaea grayi Griseb.

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The public source identifies “Catesbaea” as genus of plants. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Catesbaea, genus and plants.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 75-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Catesbaea, genus and plants providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Catesbaea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.