Kohautia | |
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Kohautia aspera | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Kohautia Chamisso & Schlechtendal (1829), nom. cons. |
Type species | |
Kohautia senegalensis | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
DuvaucelliaBowdich (1825), nom. rej. |
Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. [2] [3] Thirty-one species are known. [3] The type species for the genus is Kohautia senegalensis . [4]
Kohautia was named by Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829. [5] This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844). [6]
The following species are accepted in the genus Kohautia: [1]