Chamaepentas

Chamaepentas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Knoxieae
Genus:	Chamaepentas Bremek.
Type species
Chamaepentas greenwayi Bremek.

Chamaepentas is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to tropical Africa.[2]

Species

• Chamaepentas graniticola (E.A.Bruce) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
• Chamaepentas greenwayi Bremek. - Tanzania
• Chamaepentas hindsioides (K.Schum.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania, Kenya
  • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. glabrescens (Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania, Kenya
  • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. hindsioides - Tanzania, Kenya
  • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. parensis (Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
  • Chamaepentas hindsioides var. williamsii (Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
• Chamaepentas longituba (K.Schum.) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania
• Chamaepentas nobilis (S.Moore) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Chamaepentas pseudomagnifica (M.Taylor) Kårehed & B.Bremer - Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania

References

1. Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus 1954. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Sectie 2, Amsterdam 48(2): 46
2. "Chamaepentas in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 11 June 2014.

External links

• Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chamaepentas