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]

Species[]

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

De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Wernham - Nigeria, Cameroon
Hutch. -Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Cameroon
Hiern - Benin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Zaire, Angola
De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
De Wild. & T.Durand - Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
De Wild. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
K.Schum. - Angola
Wernham - Gabon, Cabinda, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
(Poir.) Benth. - Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon
K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Verdc. - Tanzania
Baker - Seychelles
Hiern - Gulf of Guinea Islands
Taedoumg & Sonké - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
De Wild. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Taedoumg & Sonké - Cameroon, Gabon
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

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Craterispermum
^ 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.