8278.010 Coptosperma Hook. f.
De Block, P., Degreef, J. & Robbrecht, E. (2002)
Reinstatement of the Afro-Malagasy genus Coptosperma (Rubiaceae, Ixoroideae, Pavetteae) Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71 455-492
Degreef, J., De Block, P., & Robbrecht, E. (2002)
A survey of continental African Coptosperma (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae). Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71 367-382
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves coriaceous, less often chartaceous. Stipules without darkened central area. Inflorescences terminal on main and lateral branches, sometimes borne on short spurs or axillary. Calyx with both limb-tube and lobes present. Corolla hairless outside. Placenta bearing 2-8 pendulous ovules or ovate with 2-3 impressed ovules. Fruit brown or red, drying blackish, 1(-2)-locular. Seeds 1(-2) per fruit, blackish, reticulate, with an irregular, less often circular, excavation. Worldwide: c. 60 species in eastern Tropical Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles and the Mascarenes Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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neurophyllum (S. Moore) Degreef | N,C,S | Image |
zygoon (Bridson) Degreef | S | Description, Image |
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Coptosperma. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1627, retrieved 19 May 2022
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