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Genus: Otiophora
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
Twenty species, occurring in tropical Africa and Madagascar, with
five 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.
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Otiophora calycophylla
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Otiophora cupheoides |
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Otiophora inyangana
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it
is split into two subspecies -
O. i. inyangana and
O. i. parvifolia. |
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Otiophora lanceolata
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Otiophora scabra
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Publications
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Puff, C. 1981. Studies in Otiophora
Zucc. (Rubiaceae): 2. A new classification of the southern African taxa. Journal
of South African Botany 47: 297-329.
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Puff, C. 1989. Otiophora, Paederia,
Anthospermum, Rubia & Galium. Flora Zambesiaca 5,1: 63-65, 142-149,
150-158, 193-201.
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Verdcourt, B. 1976. Flora of Tropical East
Africa. Rubiaceae (part 1): 1-414.
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