''Chamaepentas'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s in the
family
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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 ...
.
[Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus 1954. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Sectie 2, Amsterdam 48(2): 46] It is native to tropical Africa.
Species
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Chamaepentas graniticola
''Chamaepentas'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae.Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus 1954. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Sectie 2, Amsterdam 4 ...
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(E.A.Bruce) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania
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Chamaepentas greenwayi
''Chamaepentas'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus 1954. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Sectie 2, Amsterdam 48(2): 46 It is nat ...
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Bremek.
Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist.
He received his education at the University of Utrecht, and performed as a botanical researcher in Indonesia and South Africa. In South ...
- Tanzania
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Chamaepentas hindsioides''
(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 ...
) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania, Kenya
**''Chamaepentas hindsioides'' var. ''glabrescens''
(Verdc.
Bernard Verdcourt (20 January 1925 – 25 October 2011) was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he ...
) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania, Kenya
**''Chamaepentas hindsioides'' var. ''hindsioides'' - Tanzania, Kenya
**''Chamaepentas hindsioides'' var. ''parensis''
(Verdc.
Bernard Verdcourt (20 January 1925 – 25 October 2011) was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he ...
) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania
**''Chamaepentas hindsioides'' var. ''williamsii''
(Verdc.
Bernard Verdcourt (20 January 1925 – 25 October 2011) was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he ...
) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania
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Chamaepentas longituba''
(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 ...
) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania
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Chamaepentas nobilis''
(S.Moore
Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist.
Biography
Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then wo ...
) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Chamaepentas pseudomagnifica''
(M.Taylor) Kårehed & B.Bremer
Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish people, Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.
Career
Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockhol ...
- Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania
References
External links
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Chamaepentas''
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Rubiaceae genera
Knoxieae