Chamaepentas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Knoxieae
Genus: Chamaepentas
Bremek.
Type species
Chamaepentas greenwayi

Chamaepentas is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to tropical Africa.[2]

Species

  • Chamaepentas graniticola (E.A.Bruce) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
  • Chamaepentas greenwayi Bremek. - Tanzania
  • Chamaepentas hindsioides (K.Schum.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania, Kenya
    • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. glabrescens (Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania, Kenya
    • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. hindsioides - Tanzania, Kenya
    • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. parensis (Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
    • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. williamsii (Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
  • Chamaepentas longituba (K.Schum.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
  • Chamaepentas nobilis (S.Moore) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Chamaepentas pseudomagnifica (M.Taylor) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania

References

  1. Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus 1954. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Sectie 2, Amsterdam 48(2): 46
  2. "Chamaepentas in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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