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Genus:
Rothmannia
Life
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 40 species, native to tropical Africa, Asia and the
Seychelles, with three species native to southern Africa and a further species
that is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Rothmannia
capensis (Cape gardenia) |
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Rothmannia fischeri (Rhodesian gardenia) |
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Rothmannia globosa (Bell gardenia) |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Rothmania maganjae
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Publications
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Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Flora
of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 2): 415-747.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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