''Vangueria'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
s in the family
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...
. The genus is named for , as ''
V. madagascariensis'' is known in
Malagasy.
Distribution
The genus contains over 50 species distributed in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
south of the
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with one species occurring in
Madagascar
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(''
V. madagascariensis''). The centre of diversity is in East Africa (
Kenya
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Tanzania
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) and they are rare in West Africa.
Bacterial leaf symbiosis
Endophytic bacteria are housed in the intercellular space of the leaf
mesophyll tissue. The presence of these bacteria can only be microscopically ascertained. The bacteria are identified as ''
Burkholderia'', which is a genus that is also found in the leaves of other Rubiaceae species.
The hypothesis is that these endophytic bacteria provide chemical protection against insect herbivory.
Gousiekte
Several ''Vangueria'' species - ''
V. latifolia'', ''
V. pygmaea'', ''
V. thamnus'' - are known to cause , a cardiotoxicosis of ruminants characterised by heart failure four to eight weeks after ingestion of certain rubiaceous plants.
Species
* ''
Vangueria agrestis''
( Schweinf. ex Hiern.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria albosetulosa''
(Verdc.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria apiculata''
K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
* ''
Vangueria bicolor''
K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
* ''
Vangueria bowkeri''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria burnettii''
(Tennant) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria burttii''
(Verdc.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria chariensis''
A.Chev. ex Robyns
* ''
Vangueria cinerascens''
( Welw. ex Hiern.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria cinnamomea''
Dinter
* ''
Vangueria cistifolia''
( Welw. ex Hiern.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria coerulea''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria cyanescens''
Robyns
* ''
Vangueria discolor''
( De Wild.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria domatiosa''
J.E.Burrows
* ''
Vangueria dryadum''
S.Moore
* ''
Vangueria esculenta''
S.Moore
* ''
Vangueria ferruginea''
( Welw.) ined.
* ''
Vangueria fulva''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria fuscosetulosa''
(Verdc.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria gillettii''
(Tennant) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria glabrata''
K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
* ''
Vangueria gossweileri''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria induta''
(Bullock) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria infausta''
Burchell
* ''
Vangueria kerstingii''
Robyns
* ''
Vangueria lasiantha''
( Sond.) Sond.
* ''
Vangueria latifolia''
( Sond.) Sond.
* ''
Vangueria loranthifolia''
K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
* ''
Vangueria macrocalyx''
Sond.
* ''
Vangueria madagascariensis''
J.F.Gmel.
* ''
Vangueria micropyren''
(Verdc.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria mollis''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria monteiroi''
( Oliv.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria obtusifolia''
K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
* ''
Vangueria pachyantha''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria pallidiflora''
(Bullock) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria parvifolia
''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy.
Distribution
The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
''
Sond.
* ''
Vangueria praecox''
Verdc.
* ''
Vangueria proschii''
Briq
* ''
Vangueria psammophila''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria pygmaea''
Schltr.
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.
He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
* ''
Vangueria quarrei''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria randii''
S.Moore
* ''
Vangueria rhodesiaca''
(Tennant) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria rufescens''
(E.A.Bruce) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria schliebenii''
(Verdc.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria schumanniana''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria senegalensis''
Benth.
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& Hook.f.
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ex Hiern
* ''
Vangueria silvicola''
O.Lachenaud
* ''
Vangueria solitariiflora''
(Verdc.) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria soutpansbergensis''
N.Hahn
* ''
Vangueria thamnus
''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy.
Distribution
The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria triflora''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria venosa''
( Hochst.) Sond.
* ''
Vangueria verticillata''
( Robyns) Lantz
* ''
Vangueria vestita''
( Robyns) ined.
* ''
Vangueria volkensii''
K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsc ...
References
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Rubiaceae genera
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