Kraussia

Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa.[1] The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban.[2] It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells.[2] The genus contains between 4 and 10 species,[3][4] including:

Kraussia
K. floribunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Octotropideae
Genus: Kraussia
Harv.

References

  1. Bridson, Diane M. (1995). "A new Kraussia from Socotra". Kew Bulletin. 50 (4): 773–776. doi:10.2307/4110238. JSTOR 4110238.
  2. Bullock, A. A. (1931). "The Genus Kraussia". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew). 1931 (5): 254–257. doi:10.2307/4102485. JSTOR 4102485.
  3. ThePlantList (2010). "Kraussia".
  4. "!Kraussia Harv". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

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