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

Zimbabwe: 5 taxa.

Coptosperma neurophyllum

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
littorale (Hiern) DegreefSImage
neurophyllum (S. Moore) DegreefN,W,C,E,SImage
rhodesiacum (Bremek.) DegreefW,C,E,SImage
supra-axillare (Hemsl.) DegreefEDescription, Image
zygoon (Bridson) DegreefN,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Coptosperma:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Coptosperma
Flora of Malawi: Coptosperma
Flora of Mozambique: Coptosperma
Flora of Zambia: Coptosperma

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Coptosperma
BHL (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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Coptosperma.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1627, retrieved 19 March 2024

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