Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.[2][3] Thirty-one species are known.[3] The type species for the genus is Kohautia senegalensis.[4]
| Kohautia | |
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| Kohautia aspera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Kohautia Chamisso & Schlechtendal (1829), nom. cons. |
| Type species | |
| Kohautia senegalensis | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Duvaucellia Bowdich (1825), nom. rej. | |
Kohautia was named by Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829.[5] This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844).[6]
Species
editThe following species are accepted in the genus Kohautia:[1]
- Kohautia amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Kohautia angolensis Bremek.
- Kohautia attenuata (Willd.) I.M.Turner
- Kohautia australiensis Halford
- Kohautia azurea (Dinter & K.Krause) Bremek.
- Kohautia caespitosa Schnizl.
- Kohautia coccinea Royle
- Kohautia confusa (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bremek.
- Kohautia cynanchica DC.
- Kohautia dolichostyla Bremek.
- Kohautia euryantha Bremek.
- Kohautia gracilis (Wall.) DC.
- Kohautia gracillima Bremek.
- Kohautia grandiflora DC.
- Kohautia huillensis Bremek.
- Kohautia kimuenzae (De Wild.) Bremek.
- Kohautia microflora D.Mantell
- Kohautia nagporensis (Brace ex Haines) Santapau & Merchant
- Kohautia pappii Bremek.
- Kohautia platyphylla (K.Schum.) Bremek.
- Kohautia pleiocaulis Bremek.
- Kohautia quartiniana (A.Rich.) Bremek.
- Kohautia ramosissima Bremek.
- Kohautia retrorsa (Boiss.) Bremek.
- Kohautia socotrana Bremek.
- Kohautia subverticillata (K.Schum.) Mantell
- Kohautia tenuis (Bowdich) Mabb.
References
edit- ^ a b "Kohautia Cham. & Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Kohautia In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
- ^ Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal. 1829. Linnaea 4:157. (see External links below)
- ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
External links
edit- Kohautia At: Search Page At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Index by Team At: Projects At: Science Directory At: Scientific Research and Data At: Kew Gardens
- Kohautia At:Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany
- Kohautia In: Linnaea, volume 4 At: Linnaea At: Titles At: Botanicus