Rubiaceae

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/rubiaceae

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Rubiaceae
2. What is the estimated species count?Approximately 13,500 species across 600-700 genera
3. What is the Rubiaceae family?The Rubiaceae family is a huge group of plants that includes coffee, quinine, and many beautiful flowers. It has about 13,500 species in 600‑700 different groups and can be found almost everywhere in the world except the cold poles.
4. Why is coffee so important?Coffee comes from the Coffea plants in the Rubiaceae family. Growing and selling coffee beans is a big business that helps many people and shapes daily habits.

Angiosperm: A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed within a fruit.
Phylogenetic: Relating to the evolutionary development and diversification of a species or group of organisms.
Actinomorphic: Having radial symmetry; capable of being divided into similar halves by any plane passing through the center.