''Kohautia'' is a

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s in the

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Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), 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 Petiole ( ...

. They are native to

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areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. Inge Groeninckx, Steven Dessein, Helga Ochoterena, Claes Persson, Timothy J. Motley, Jesper Kårehed, Birgitta Bremer, Suzy Huysmans, and Erik Smets. 2009. "Phylogeny of the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) based on plastid DNA data". ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 96(1):109-132. Thirty-one

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are known. The

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for the genus is '' Kohautia senegalensis''.''Kohautia'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In:

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(see ''External links'' below). ''Kohautia'' was named by

Adelbert von Chamisso Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt. Life ...

and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829.Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal. 1829. ''Linnaea'' 4:157. (see ''External links'' below) This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in

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for the

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Franz Sieber (1789-1844).Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC;, USA. London, UK. .

Species

The following species are accepted in the genus ''Kohautia'': *''

Kohautia amatymbica ''Kohautia amatymbica'', or tremble tops, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terres ...

'' *'' Kohautia angolensis'' *'' Kohautia attenuata'' *'' Kohautia australiensis'' *'' Kohautia azurea'' *'' Kohautia caespitosa'' *'' Kohautia coccinea'' *'' Kohautia confusa'' *'' Kohautia cynanchica'' *'' Kohautia dolichostyla'' *'' Kohautia euryantha'' *'' Kohautia gracilis'' *'' Kohautia gracillima'' *'' Kohautia grandiflora'' *'' Kohautia huillensis'' *'' Kohautia kimuenzae'' *'' Kohautia microflora'' *'' Kohautia nagporensis'' *'' Kohautia pappii'' *'' Kohautia platyphylla'' *'' Kohautia pleiocaulis'' *'' Kohautia quartiniana'' *'' Kohautia ramosissima'' *'' Kohautia retrorsa'' *'' Kohautia socotrana'' *'' Kohautia subverticillata'' *'' Kohautia tenuis''

Species

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