Embelia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Embelia demissa.JPG

|image_caption = Embelia demissa

|taxon = Embelia

|authority = Burm.f.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

Ribesiodes Kuntze

Samara L.

}}

Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs once placed in the family Myrsinaceae, which is now included in the Primulaceae.{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }} There are about 130 species which occur in tropical and subtropical areas across a wide range including Africa and Madagascar and from eastern Asia to the Pacific Islands as well as Australia including:{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Embelia |title=Genus Embelia |accessdate=2009-08-11 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}

• Embelia angustifolia (A. DC.) A. DC.
• Embelia australiana (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Embelia|title=Embelia |accessdate=2009-08-11 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}} - native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia
• Embelia basaal (Roem. & Schult.) A. DC.
• Embelia caulialata S.T.Reynolds
• Embelia curvinervia S.T.Reynolds
• Embelia demissa Cordem.
• Embelia disticha Fletcher
• Embelia floribunda Wall.
• Embelia grandifolia Fletcher
• Embelia grayi S.T.Reynolds
• Embelia laeta (L.) Mez.
• Embelia longifolia (Benth.) Hemsl.
• Embelia macrocarpa King & Gamble
• Embelia rowlandii Gilg{{Cite web |title=Embelia Burm.f. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331585-2 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}
• Embelia oblongifolia Hemsl.
• Embelia pulchella Mez.
• Embelia ribes Burm. f. - false black pepper, white-flowered embelia
• Embelia ruminata (E.Mey. ex A.DC.) Mez
• Embelia schimperi Vatke
• Embelia sessiliflora Kurz.{{cite web|title=Sorting Embelia names|work=Multilingual Multiscript Plant Database|publisher=The University of Melbourne|url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Embelia.html|accessdate=2009-08-11}}
• Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A. DC.{{cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4210 | title=Genus: Embelia Burm. f. | accessdate=2009-08-11 | work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606000121/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4210 | archive-date=2011-06-06 | url-status=dead }}