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Genus: Kohautia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae

About 60 species, native to the Old World tropics, with 16 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Kohautia amatymbica (Tremble tops)

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Kohautia amboensis

 

Kohautia angolensis

 

Kohautia aspera

 

Kohautia azurea

 

Kohautia caespitosa

 

Kohautia cicendioides

 

Kohautia coccinea

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Kohautia cuspidata

 

Kohautia cynanchica

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Kohautia latibrachiata

 

Kohautia longifolia

 

Kohautia microflora

 

Kohautia ramosissima

 

Kohautia subverticillata

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Kohautia virgata

 

Publications

  • Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1952. The African Oldenlandieae s.1. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde, sect. 2. 48, 2: 3-297.

  • Verdcourt, B. 1976. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 1): 1-414.

  • Mantell, D. 1989. Kohautia. Flora Zambesiaca 5,1: 85-93.