Kohautia

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Kohautia
Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. (48924428966).jpg
Kohautia aspera
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Kohautia
Chamisso & Schlechtendal
Type species

Chamisso & Schlechtendal
Species

See text

Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.[1][2] Thirty-one species are known.[2] The type species for the genus is .[3]

Kohautia was named by Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829.[4] This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844).[5]

Species[]

The following species are accepted in the genus Kohautia:[6]

  • Kohautia amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Bremek.
  • (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.
  • Halford
  • (Dinter & K.Krause) Bremek.
  • Schnizl.
  • Royle
  • (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bremek.
  • DC.
  • Bremek.
  • Bremek.
  • (Wall.) DC.
  • Bremek.
  • DC.
  • Bremek.
  • (De Wild.) Bremek.
  • D.Mantell
  • (Brace ex Haines) Santapau & Merchant
  • Bremek.
  • (K.Schum.) Bremek.
  • Bremek.
  • (A.Rich.) Bremek.
  • Bremek.
  • (Boiss.) Bremek.
  • Kohautia socotrana Bremek.
  • (K.Schum.) Mantell
  • (Bowdich) Mabb.

References[]

  1. ^ David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4
  2. ^ a b Inge Groeninckx, Steven Dessein, Helga Ochoterena, Claes Persson, Timothy J. Motley, Jesper Kårehed, Birgitta Bremer, Suzy Huysmans, and Erik Smets. 2009. "Phylogeny of the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) based on plastid DNA data". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(1):109-132.
  3. ^ Kohautia In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  4. ^ Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal. 1829. Linnaea 4:157. (see External links below)
  5. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  6. ^ "Kohautia Cham. & Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-11-17.

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