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Craterispermeae
Encyclopedia
Craterispermeae is a tribe
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. It only holds the genus Craterispermum that contains 16 species
. Its representatives occur in tropical Africa, Seychelles
, and Madagascar
. The divergence time of the tribe is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. It only holds the genus Craterispermum that contains 16 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
. Its representatives occur in tropical Africa, Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
, and Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
. The divergence time of the tribe is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.
Species
Craterispermeae is monogeneric and currently only contains the genus Craterispermum. It has 16 species and the type species is Craterispermum laurinum.- Craterispermum angustifolium De Wild.Émile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was a Belgian botanist.His botanis author abbreviation is De Wild.-Works:* Les phanérogames des Terres Magellaniques., 1905.* Documents pour l'ètude de la geo-botanique congolaise, 1913....
& T.Durand - Craterispermum aristatum Wernham
- Craterispermum caudatum Hutch.John Hutchinson (botanist)John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was a renowned English botanist, taxonomist and author.-Life and career:...
- Craterispermum cerinanthum HiernWilliam Philip HiernWilliam Philip Hiern was a British mathematician and botanist.Hiern attended St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1857 to 1861 and attained a "first class degree" in mathematics...
- Craterispermum congolanum De Wild.Émile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was a Belgian botanist.His botanis author abbreviation is De Wild.-Works:* Les phanérogames des Terres Magellaniques., 1905.* Documents pour l'ètude de la geo-botanique congolaise, 1913....
& T.Durand - Craterispermum dewevrei De Wild.Émile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was a Belgian botanist.His botanis author abbreviation is De Wild.-Works:* Les phanérogames des Terres Magellaniques., 1905.* Documents pour l'ètude de la geo-botanique congolaise, 1913....
& T.Durand - Craterispermum goossensii De Wild.Émile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was a Belgian botanist.His botanis author abbreviation is De Wild.-Works:* Les phanérogames des Terres Magellaniques., 1905.* Documents pour l'ètude de la geo-botanique congolaise, 1913....
- Craterispermum grumileoides K.Schum.Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
- Craterispermum inquisitorium Wernham
- Craterispermum laurinum (Poir.Jean Louis Marie PoiretJean Louis Marie Poiret was a French clergyman, botanist and explorer.From 1785 to 1786 he was sent by Louis XVI to Algeria to study the flora...
) Benth.George BenthamGeorge Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :... - Craterispermum ledermannii K.Krause
- Craterispermum longipedunculatum Verdc.Bernard VerdcourtBernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years...
- Craterispermum microdon BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
- Craterispermum montanum HiernWilliam Philip HiernWilliam Philip Hiern was a British mathematician and botanist.Hiern attended St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1857 to 1861 and attained a "first class degree" in mathematics...
- Craterispermum reticulatum De Wild.Émile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was a Belgian botanist.His botanis author abbreviation is De Wild.-Works:* Les phanérogames des Terres Magellaniques., 1905.* Documents pour l'ètude de la geo-botanique congolaise, 1913....
- Craterispermum schweinfurthii HiernWilliam Philip HiernWilliam Philip Hiern was a British mathematician and botanist.Hiern attended St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1857 to 1861 and attained a "first class degree" in mathematics...