Cordylostigma is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus Kohautia.[1] The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South Africa, as well as Madagascar, Comoros, and Réunion.[2]
| Cordylostigma | |
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| Cordylostigma virgatum in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Spermacoceae |
| Genus: | Cordylostigma Groeninckx & Dessein |
| Type species | |
| Kohautia longifolia | |
Species
edit- Cordylostigma amboense (Schinz) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma cicendioides (K.Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma cuspidatum (K.Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma longifolium (Klotzsch) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma microcala (Bremek.) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma obtusilobum (Hiern) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma prolixipes (S.Moore) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma stellarioides (Hiern) Groeninckx & Dessein
- Cordylostigma virgatum (Willd.) Groeninckx & Dessein
References
edit- ^ Groeninckx I, Ochoterena H, Smets E, Dessein S (2010). "Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma". Taxon. 59 (5): 1457–1471. doi:10.1002/tax.595011.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cordylostigma
External links
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