8278.010 Coptosperma
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 Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| neurophyllum (S. Moore) Degreef | Description, Image |
| rhodesiacum (Bremek.) Degreef | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CoptospermaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coptosperma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coptosperma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Coptosperma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Coptosperma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coptosperma
JSTOR Plant Science: Coptosperma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Coptosperma
Plants of the World Online: Coptosperma
Tropicos: Coptosperma
Wikipedia: Coptosperma