''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
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to
Somalia to
South Africa, as well as
Madagascar,
Comoros
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, and
Réunion
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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 ''Deut ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma cuspidatum'' (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 ''Deut ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma longifolium'' (Klotzsch
Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 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. Origin ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma microcala'' ( Bremek.) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma obtusilobum'' (Hiern Hiern is a British surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Barry Hiern (born 1951), Australian cricketer
*Ross Hiern (1922–1999), Australian cricketer
*William Philip Hiern (1839–1925), British mathematician and botanist
See also
* ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma prolixipes'' (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 ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma stellarioides'' (Hiern Hiern is a British surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Barry Hiern (born 1951), Australian cricketer
*Ross Hiern (1922–1999), Australian cricketer
*William Philip Hiern (1839–1925), British mathematician and botanist
See also
* ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma virgatum'' (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 also ...
) Groeninckx & Dessein
References
External links
''Cordylostigma'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Spermacoceae
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