Danais is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Philibert Commerson ex Étienne Pierre Ventenat. 1799. Tableau du Regne Vegetal 2: 584. Most species are native to Madagascar; at least three others are distributed in Tanzania, Comoros, and the Mascarene Islands.Danais. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
These are climbing plants with flowers in shades of white, yellow, orange, red, blue, or purple. The flowers have very slender tubes and are adapted for pollination by moths, such as hawkmoths. The plants often have an unpleasant scent, but some flowers have a sweet fragrance.
Species
Danais andribensis Homolle - Madagascar Danais aurantiaca Homolle - Madagascar Danais baronii Homolle - Madagascar Danais breviflora Baker - Madagascar Danais brickavillensis J.-F.Leroy ex Puff & Buchner - Madagascar Danais capituliformis Homolle - Madagascar Danais cernua Baker - Madagascar Danais comorensis Drake - Mayotte Danais coronata (Pers.) Steud. - Madagascar Danais corymbosa Balf.f. - Rodrigues (possibly extinct, last collected in 1874) Danais dauphinensis Cavaco - Madagascar Danais distinctinervia Homolle - Madagascar Danais fragrans (Lam.) Pers. - Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion Danais hispida Baker - Madagascar Danais humblotii Homolle - Comoros, Madagascar Danais ligustrifolia Baker - Madagascar Danais longipedunculata Homolle - Madagascar Danais magna Puff & Buchner - Madagascar Danais microcarpa Baker - Madagascar Danais nigra Homolle - Madagascar Danais pauciflora Baker - Madagascar Danais pubescens Baker - Madagascar Danais rhamnifolia Baker - Madagascar Danais rubra Puff & Buchner - Madagascar Danais sulcata Pers. - Mauritius Danais terminalis Boivin ex Drake - Madagascar Danais tsaratananensis Homolle - Madagascar Danais verticillata Baker - Madagascar Danais vestita Baker - Madagascar Danais volubilis Baker - Madagascar Danais xanthorrhoea (K.Schum.) Bremek. - Tanzania
References
External links Danais in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae