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Rubiaceae
Luculia gratissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Juss.
Type genus
Rubia
L.
Subfamilies
Cinchonoideae
Ixoroideae
Rubioideae
see text
Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the madder family, bedstraw family or coffee family. Other common plants included here are gardenia, cinchona, sweet woodruff, partridgeberry, gambier, ixora, and noni.