''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
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''.
The nine species are native to tropical and southern
Africa
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from
Guinea
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to
Somalia
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to
South Africa
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, as well as
Madagascar
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,
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'' (Schinz) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma cicendioides'' ( K.Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma cuspidatum'' ( K.Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma longifolium'' (Klotzsch
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His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.
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) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma microcala'' ( Bremek.) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma obtusilobum'' ( Hiern) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma prolixipes'' ( S.Moore) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma stellarioides'' ( Hiern) Groeninckx & Dessein
*'' Cordylostigma virgatum'' (Willd.
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) Groeninckx & Dessein
References
External links
''Cordylostigma'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Spermacoceae
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