Catesbaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys.[1] The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby.[2]
^"Catesbaea in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^Partington CF, ed. (1835). The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History. Vol. 1. London: Orr & Smith. pp. 748–749. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius.
Catesbaea melanocarpa is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name tropical lilythorn. It is native to five Caribbean...
(Leucothrinax morrisii), and the endangered small-flowered lily-thorn (Catesbaea parviflora) are found in the park Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway...
for introducing such plants as Catalpa bignonioides and the eponymous Catesbaea spinosa (lilythorn) to cultivation in Europe. Catesby returned to England...
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