Empogona

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Empogona
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Jackal-coffee, E. lanceolata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Coffeeae
Genus: Empogona
Hook.f.
Type species
Empogona kirkii

Empogona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. [1] [2] It was for a time deemed a subgenus [3] or section [4] of Tricalysia .

Species

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References

  1. POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. "Empogona in Tropicos". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. Tosh J, Davis AP, Dessein S, De Block P, Huysmans S, Fay MF, Smets E, Robbrecht E (2009). "Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its relationships with allied genera based on plastid DNA data: resurrection of the genus Empogona". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96 (1): 194–213. doi:10.3417/2006202. S2CID   86826332.
  4. Brenan JPM (1947). "Empogona Hook.f. and its relation to Tricalysia DC". Kew Bulletin. 2 (1): 53–63. Bibcode:1947KewBu...2...53B. doi:10.2307/4109502. JSTOR   4109502.