Vangueriopsis
Encyclopedia
Vangueriopsis is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
.
to Tanzania
and South Africa
).
in 1928 and contained 18 species in two subgenera Brachyanthus and Rostranthus. Since then most of the species have been transferred to Vangueriella
and currently only five species names remain valid.
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 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...
.
Distribution
The genus is found in central and south tropical Africa (D.R.CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
to Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
).
Taxonomy
It was originally described by Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns
Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...
in 1928 and contained 18 species in two subgenera Brachyanthus and Rostranthus. Since then most of the species have been transferred to Vangueriella
Vangueriella
Vangueriella is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus is found in tropical Africa.-Taxonomy:It was originally described in 1987 by Bernard Verdcourt who transferred species from Vangueriopsis subgenus Brachyanthus to the newly erected genus. The genus has two sections, V....
and currently only five species names remain valid.
Species
- Vangueriopsis gossweileriVangueriopsis gossweileriVangueriopsis gossweileri is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in West-Central Tropical Africa ....
RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of... - Vangueriopsis lancifloraVangueriopsis lancifloraVangueriopsis lanciflora is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The species has the largest distribution area of the genus and occurs in Central and South Tropical Africa ....
(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...
) RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of... - Vangueriopsis longifloraVangueriopsis longifloraVangueriopsis longiflora is a species of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 24 August 2007....
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... - Vangueriopsis rubiginosaVangueriopsis rubiginosaVangueriopsis rubiginosa is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to D.R.Congo ....
RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of... - Vangueriopsis shimbaensisVangueriopsis shimbaensisVangueriopsis shimbaensis is a species of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Kenya . It is morphologically related to Vangueriopsis longiflora from Tanzania....
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