TINCTORIAE Schneider

Evergreen shrubs. Inflorescences racemose, umbellate, pseudoumbellate or fascicled or occasionally corymbose paniculate. Ovules 1 - 5. Stamens edentate. Fruits pale, bright or dark red, often epruinose.

India, E. Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, Nepal. Bhutan, China (Tibet) and Sri Lanka.

KEY TO THE SUBSECTIONS

1a. Ovules usually 1 - 2

2. EUTINCTORIAE

b. Ovules usually 4 - 5

2

2a. Styles conspicuous, 0.5 - 1.5 mm long

1. CHITRIAE

b. Styles absent

3

3a. Inflorescences 2 - 10-flowered, sub umbellate or sub fascicled

4. UMBELLATAE

b. Inflorescences 10 - 25-flowered, racemose

3. LINDLEYANAE

List of Lower Taxa