''Ceratotheca'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Pedaliaceae Pedaliaceae, the pedalium family or sesame family, is a flowering plant family classified in the order Lamiales. The family includes sesame (''Sesamum indicum''), the source of sesame seeds. It comprises 13 genera and approximately 70 specie ...

(sesame family) comprising about five species native to worldwide tropical areas and to southern Africa. The genera name is derived from the

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words ''keras'' meaning horn and ''theke'' meaning capsule.Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors)

Species

Species include: *'' Ceratotheca integribracteata'' Engl. *'' Ceratotheca reniformis'' Abels (Limpopo foxglove) *'' Ceratotheca saxicola'' E.A.Bruce *''

Ceratotheca sesamoides ''Ceratotheca sesamoides'' is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ceratotheca''. It is indigenous to Africa and grows both as a wild weed and locally cultivated species, and is colloquially referred to as false sesame owing to its marked similaritie ...

'' Endl. (false sesame) *''Ceratotheca triloba'' (Bernh.) Hook.f. (South African foxglove)

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Pedaliaceae Flora of Africa Lamiales genera {{Lamiales-stub