Ceratotheca

Ceratotheca is a genus of plants in the family Pedaliaceae (sesame family) comprising about five species native to worldwide tropical areas and to southern Africa.[1]

Ceratotheca
Ceratotheca triloba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Pedaliaceae
Genus: Ceratotheca
Endl.
Ceratotheca triloba - MHNT

The genus name is derived from the Greek words keras meaning horn and theke meaning capsule.[2]

Species

Species include:[3]

  • Ceratotheca integribracteata Engl.
  • Ceratotheca reniformis Abels (Limpopo foxglove)
  • Ceratotheca saxicola E.A.Bruce
  • Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl. (false sesame)
  • Ceratotheca triloba (Bernh.) Hook.f. (South African foxglove)

References
  1. Mark Hyde; Bart Wursten; Petra Ballings; Meg Coates Palgrave. "Flora of Zimbabwe". Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books
  3. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved January 17, 2015.

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