Keetia
Encyclopedia
Keetia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family
Rubiaceae
. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.
in 1926 and is named after J.D.M Keet, a South African forester and plant collector. The type species
was Keetia transvaalensis, which received its name from the region it was first collected, but is now included in Keetia gueinzii
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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 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...
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 ,...
. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.
Taxonomy
It was originally described by Edwin Percy PhillipsEdwin Percy Phillips
Edwin Percy Phillips , was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for his monumental work The Genera of South African Flowering Plants first published in 1926....
in 1926 and is named after J.D.M Keet, a South African forester and plant collector. The type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
was Keetia transvaalensis, which received its name from the region it was first collected, but is now included in Keetia gueinzii
Keetia gueinzii
Keetia gueinzii is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. The species epitheton is named after Wilhelm Gueinzius, a German naturalist who collected plants in South Africa. It became the type species of Keetia after the original type species, Keetia transvaalensis, was made a synonym....
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Species
- Keetia acuminata Bridson
- Keetia angustifolia Bridson
- Keetia bakossiorum Cheek
- Keetia bridsoniae Jongkind
- Keetia carmichaelii Bridson
- Keetia cornelia (Cham.Adelbert von ChamissoAdelbert von Chamisso was a German poet and botanist.- Life :He was born Louis Charles Adélaïde de Chamissot at the château of Boncourt at Ante, in Champagne, France, the ancestral seat of his family...
& Schltdl.Diederich Franz Leonhard von SchlechtendalDiederich von Schlechtendal was a German botanist born in Xanten. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866, and Editor of the botanical journal Linnaea.His most important work was in...
) Bridson - Keetia ferruginea Bridson
- Keetia foetida Bridson
- Keetia gracilis Bridson
- Keetia gueinziiKeetia gueinziiKeetia gueinzii is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. The species epitheton is named after Wilhelm Gueinzius, a German naturalist who collected plants in South Africa. It became the type species of Keetia after the original type species, Keetia transvaalensis, was made a synonym....
(Sond.Otto Wilhelm SonderOtto Wilhelm Sonder was a German botanist and pharmacist who was a native of Holstein. From 1841 to 1878 he was the proprietor of a pharmacy in Hamburg. In 1846 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg.He was the author, with William Henry Harvey , of the Flora Capensis...
) Bridson - Keetia hispida (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 :...
)Bridson - Keetia inaequilatera (Hutch.John Hutchinson (botanist)John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was a renowned English botanist, taxonomist and author.-Life and career:...
& Dalziel) Bridson - Keetia koritschoneri Bridson
- Keetia leucantha (K.Krause) Bridson
- Keetia lukei Bridson
- Keetia lulandensis Bridson
- Keetia mannii (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...
) Bridson - Keetia molundensis (K.Krause) Bridson
- Keetia multiflora (Schumach.Heinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher , was a Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy at the University of Copenhagen...
& Thonn.Peter ThonningPeter Thonning was a Danish physician and botanist.He was sent to Ghana by the Danish government to supervise the plantations of that colony, and he lived there from 1799 to 1803. His herbarium was destroyed during the shelling of Copenhagen by the British in 1807...
) Bridson - Keetia obovata Jongkind
- Keetia ornata Bridson
- Keetia procteri Bridson
- Keetia purpurascensKeetia purpurascensKeetia purpurascens is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
(Bullock) Bridson - Keetia purseglovei Bridson
- Keetia ripae (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....
) Bridson - Keetia rubens (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...
) Bridson - Keetia rufivillosa (Robyns ex Hutch.John Hutchinson (botanist)John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was a renowned English botanist, taxonomist and author.-Life and career:...
& Dalziel) Bridson - Keetia rwandensis Bridson
- Keetia tenuiflora (Welw.Friedrich WelwitschFriedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola discovered the plant Welwitschia mirabilis...
ex 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...
) Bridson - Keetia venosa (Oliv.Daniel OliverDaniel Oliver, FRS was a British botanist.He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at University College, London from 1861–1888....
) Bridson - Keetia venosissima (Hutch.John Hutchinson (botanist)John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was a renowned English botanist, taxonomist and author.-Life and career:...
& Dalziel) Bridson - Keetia zanzibarica (KlotzschJohann Friedrich KlotzschJohann Friedrich Klotzsch was a German pharmacist and botanist.His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.-Selected works:...
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