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: Agathisanthemum
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.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Agathisanthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr. 2019.