Coptosperma

Genus of plants

Coptosperma
Coptosperma littorale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Pavetteae
Genus: Coptosperma
Hook.f.
Type species
Coptosperma nigrescens
Hook.f.
Synonyms
  • Enterospermum Hiern
  • Santalina Baill.
  • Zygoon Hiern

Coptosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).[2]

Species

  • Coptosperma bernierianum (Baill.) De Block
  • Coptosperma borbonicum (Hend.& Andr.Hend.) De Block
  • Coptosperma cymosum (Willd. ex Schult.) De Block
  • Coptosperma graveolens (S.Moore) Degreef
    • Coptosperma graveolens subsp. arabicum (Cufod.) Degreef
    • Coptosperma graveolens subsp. graveolens
    • Coptosperma graveolens var. impolitum (Bridson) Degreef
  • Coptosperma humblotii (Drake) De Block
  • Coptosperma kibuwae (Bridson) Degreef
  • Coptosperma littorale (Hiern) Degreef
  • Coptosperma madagascariensis (Baill.) De Block
  • Coptosperma mitochondrioides Mouly & De Block
  • Coptosperma neurophyllum (S.Moore) Degreef
  • Coptosperma nigrescens Hook.f.
  • Coptosperma pachyphyllum (Baker) De Block
  • Coptosperma peteri (Bridson) Degreef
  • Coptosperma rhodesiacum (Bremek.) Degreef
  • Coptosperma sessiliflorum De Block
  • Coptosperma somaliense Degreef
  • Coptosperma supra-axillare (Hemsl.) Degreef
  • Coptosperma wajirense (Bridson) Degreef
  • Coptosperma zygoon (Bridson) Degreef

References

  1. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1873. Genera Plantarum 2: 86
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Coptosperma
  • Coptosperma in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Taxon identifiers
Coptosperma


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