Biology:Cremaspora
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Short description: Genus of plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Cremasporeae Bremek. ex S.P.Darwin |
| Genus: | Cremaspora Benth. |
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| Cremaspora africana
(syn. of Cremaspora triflora subsp. triflora) Benth.
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Cremaspora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Cremasporeae. It was described by George Bentham in 1849.[1] The genus is widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, in addition to Madagascar , Comoros, and Cape Verde. There are, however, only two currently recognized species.[2]
Species
- Cremaspora thomsonii Hiern - Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon
- Cremaspora triflora (Thonn.) K.Schum.
- Cremaspora triflora subsp. comorensis (Baill.) Verdc. - Comoros, Madagascar
- Cremaspora triflora subsp. confluens (K.Schum.) Verdc. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique
- Cremaspora triflora subsp. triflora - Cape Verde, tropical Africa
References
- ↑ George Bentham. 1849. Niger Flora, or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the river Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N., &c., p 412
- ↑ "Cremaspora in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Cremaspora.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q391528 entry
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