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Genus: Sericanthe

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales >  Family: Rubiaceae

A total of 17species, found in tropical Africa, with one species, Sericanthe andongensis, in southern Africa (Limpopo Province).

Publications

  • Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 2): 415-747.

  • Robbrecht, E. 1978. Sericanthe, a new African genus of Rubiaceae (Coffeeae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48: 3-78.

  

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