''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the
Rubiaceae
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. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus ''
Kohautia
''Kohautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. Inge ...
''.
The nine species are native to tropical and southern
Africa
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from
Guinea to
Somalia
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to
South Africa
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, as well as
Madagascar
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,
Comoros, and
RĂ©union
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.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Cordylostigma''
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Species
*''Cordylostigma amboense
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (Schinz) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma cicendioides'' (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 ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma cuspidatum
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (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 ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma longifolium
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (Klotzsch
Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 â 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist.
His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.
Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Origi ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma microcala
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (Bremek.
Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht â 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 ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma obtusilobum
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (Hiern Hiern is a British surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Barry Hiern (born 1951), Australian cricketer
*Ross Hiern (1922â1999), Australian cricketer
*William Philip Hiern (1839â1925), British mathematician and botanist
See also
* ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma prolixipes
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (S.Moore
Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 â 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 ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma stellarioides
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (Hiern Hiern is a British surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Barry Hiern (born 1951), Australian cricketer
*Ross Hiern (1922â1999), Australian cricketer
*William Philip Hiern (1839â1925), British mathematician and botanist
See also
* ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*''Cordylostigma virgatum
''Cordylostigma'' is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus '' Kohautia''. The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South ...
'' (Willd.
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was als ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
References
External links
''Cordylostigma'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Spermacoceae
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