Exacum

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Shola flower.jpg

|image_caption = Exacum bicolor from India

|taxon = Exacum

|authority = L. (1753)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 75; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16557-1 Exacum L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

|range_map = Exacum distribution.svg

|range_map_caption = Distribution of the genus Exacum.

|synonyms =

  • Chondropis {{small|Raf. (1837)}}
  • Cotylanthera Blume (1826)
  • Eophylon {{small|A.Gray (1869)}}
  • Floyera {{small|Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.}}
  • Paracelsea {{small|Zoll. & Moritzi (1845)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Exacum ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|k|s|ə|k|əm}} {{respell|EK|sə|kəm}}){{cite journal|last1=Klackenberg|first1=Jens|title=The genus Exacum (Gentianaceae).|journal=Opera Bot.|date=1985|volume=84|pages=1–144}}{{cite journal|last1=Klackenberg|first1=jens|title=Cotylanthera transferred to Exacum (Gentianaceae).|journal=Botanische Jahrbücher|date=2006|volume=126|issue=4|pages=477–481|doi=10.1127/0006-8152/2006/0126-0477}} is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains 75 species native to tropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabian Peninsula, south and southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.

Species

75 species are accepted.

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