Keetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
| Genus: | Keetia E.Phillips |
| Type species | |
| Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson
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Distribution edit
The genus has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical and southern Africa.
Taxonomy edit
It was originally described by Edwin Percy Phillips in 1926[1] and is named after J.D.M Keet, a South African forester and plant collector.[2] The type species was Keetia transvaalensis, which received its name from the region it was first collected, but is now included in Keetia gueinzii.[3]
Species edit
- Keetia abouabou Cheek
- Keetia acuminata Bridson
- Keetia angustifolia Bridson
- Keetia bakossiorum Cheek
- Keetia bridsoniae Jongkind
- Keetia carmichaelii Bridson
- Keetia cornelia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bridson
- Keetia ferruginea Bridson
- Keetia foetida Bridson
- Keetia futa Cheek
- Keetia gracilis Bridson
- Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson
- Keetia hispida (Benth.)Bridson
- Keetia inaequilatera (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
- Keetia koritschoneri Bridson
- Keetia leucantha (K.Krause) Bridson
- Keetia lukei Bridson
- Keetia lulandensis Bridson
- Keetia mannii (Hiern) Bridson
- Keetia molundensis (K.Krause) Bridson
- Keetia multiflora (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bridson
- Keetia namoyae O.Lachenaud & Q.Luke
- Keetia obovata Jongkind
- Keetia ornata Bridson
- Keetia procteri Bridson
- Keetia purpurascens (Bullock) Bridson
- Keetia purseglovei Bridson
- Keetia ripae (De Wild.) Bridson
- Keetia rubens (Hiern) Bridson
- Keetia rufivillosa (Robyns ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
- Keetia rwandensis Bridson
- Keetia susu Cheek
- Keetia tenuiflora (Welw. ex Hiern) Bridson
- Keetia venosa (Oliv.) Bridson
- Keetia venosissima (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
- Keetia zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Bridson
References edit
- ^ Phillips EP. 1926 "The genera of South African flowering plants, Edition 2." Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 10.
- ^ Gunn M, Codd LE (1981). Botanical exploration of southern Africa. Cape Town: Balkema.
- ^ Tilney PM, Van Wyk AE (2009). "Taxonomy of the genus Keetia (Rubiaceae-subfam. Ixoroideae-tribe Vanguerieae) in southern Africa, with notes on bacterial symbiosis as well as the structure of colleters and the stylar head complex". Bothalia. 39 (2): 165–175. doi:10.4102/abc.v39i2.242. hdl:2263/13491.