Agathisanthemum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus:
Species: A. assimile – A. bojeri – A. chlorophyllum – A. globosum

Name

Agathisanthemum Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 294. (1861)

  • Type species: Agathisanthemum bojeri Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 294. (1861)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Somalia.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros, Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

  • Klotzsch, J.F. 1861. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: auf Befehl Seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV, in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt von Wilhelm C.H. Peters 6(1): 294.
  • African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Agathisanthemum. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28.
  • Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agathisanthemum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page. 
  • International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agathisanthemum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2019. Reference page.
  • Tropicos.org 2019. Agathisanthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr. 2019. Reference page.