Craterispermum

Craterispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 16 species that occur in tropical Africa and Seychelles.[1] It is the only genus in the tribe Craterispermeae, of which the divergence time is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.[2]

Craterispermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Craterispermeae
Verdc.
Genus: Craterispermum
Benth.
Type species
Craterispermum laurinum

Species

The following species are recognized as of May 2014:[1]

  • Craterispermum angustifolium De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Craterispermum aristatum Wernham - Nigeria, Cameroon
  • Craterispermum caudatum Hutch. -Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Cameroon
  • Craterispermum cerinanthum Hiern - Benin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Zaire, Angola
  • Craterispermum congolanum De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Craterispermum dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand - Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Craterispermum goossensii De Wild. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Craterispermum grumileoides K.Schum. - Angola
  • Craterispermum inquisitorium Wernham - Gabon, Cabinda, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Craterispermum laurinum (Poir.) Benth. - Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon
  • Craterispermum ledermannii K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  • Craterispermum longipedunculatum Verdc. - Tanzania
  • Craterispermum microdon Baker - Seychelles
  • Craterispermum montanum Hiern - Gulf of Guinea Islands
  • Craterispermum parvifolium Taedoumg & Sonké - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  • Craterispermum reticulatum De Wild. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Craterispermum robbrechtianum Taedoumg & Sonké - Cameroon, Gabon
  • Craterispermum schweinfurthii Hiern - Nigeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Craterispermum
  2. Bremer B, Eriksson T (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170 (6): 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077. S2CID 49332892.
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