| Vangueriopsis shimbaensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Vangueriopsis |
| Species: | V. shimbaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vangueriopsis shimbaensis A.P.Davis & Q.Luke | |
Vangueriopsis shimbaensis is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Kenya. [1] It is morphologically related to Vangueriopsis longiflora from Tanzania.
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important species include Coffea, the source of coffee, Cinchona, the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, some dye plants, and ornamental cultivars.
Diodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus is found from southern and eastern United States, South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and tropical Africa.
Bullockia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was originally described as a subgenus of Canthium. The genus is distributed in eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to Transvaal, as well as Madagascar in bushland, woodland, savannas, and dry, deciduous forests.
Afrocanthium keniense is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Afrocanthium pseudoverticillatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Vangueria pallidiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Kenya and Tanzania.
Vangueria induta is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Kenya and northern Tanzania.
Vangueriopsis longiflora is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.
Vangueriopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
Vanguerieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 640 species in 28 genera. It is one of the most species-rich groups within the family and it is distributed all over the Paleotropics.
Vangueriopsis rubiginosa is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
Vangueriopsis 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.
Vangueria madagascariensis, commonly known by the names Spanish-tamarind, tamarind-of-the-Indies, or voa vanga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae native to the African continent having edible fruit. It is the type species of the genus Vangueria and was described in 1791 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin.
Vangueriella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical Africa.
Catunaregam is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical Africa and tropical Southeast Asia.
Cremaspora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Cremasporeae. It was described by George Bentham in 1849. The genus is widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, in addition to Madagascar, Comoros, and Cape Verde. There are, however, only two currently recognized species.
Chamaepentas is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to tropical Africa.
Conostomium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Ethiopia to South Africa.
Dibrachionostylus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Dibrachionostylus kaessneri, which is endemic to Kenya.
Octotropideae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 103 species in 18 genera. Its representatives are found in the paleotropics.
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