Keetia gueinzii
Keetia gueinzii | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Keetia |
Species: | K. gueinzii
|
Binomial name | |
Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson
| |
Synonyms | |
Keetia transvaalensis |
Keetia gueinzii is an evergreen scandent shrub in the family Rubiaceae. The species epitheton is named after Wilhelm Gueinzius, a German naturalist who collected plants in South Africa. It became the type species of Keetia after the original type species, Keetia transvaalensis, was made a synonym. This species is found down the southern African east coast in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.[1]
Young branches are covered with rust-coloured hairs. Leaves measure 5.5–13.5 × 3.5–6 cm, more or less lanceolate to ovate, acuminate apex, rounded to cordate at the base, often , and glabrous to pubescent beneath. Acarodomatia present in the axils of the veins. Petioles are covered with crisped or patent hairs. Fruit 7–9 × 11–14 mm, somewhat oblong in profile, glabrous, black when ripe. It grows in the altitude range of 800–2200 m.
References[]
- ^ "Keetia gueinzii Sond. Bridson [family RUBIACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
External links[]
- Flower images at Flickr
- World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Keetia gueinzii". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
- Keetia
- Flora of Malawi
- Flora of Zimbabwe
- Flora of Mozambique
- Flora of South Africa
- Rubiaceae stubs