''Amphiasma'' is a
genus
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of 7 species of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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 ...
. It was described by
Cornelis Bremekamp in 1952. The genus is found from southern
Tanzania
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to
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
.
Species
* ''
Amphiasma benguellense''
( Hiern) Bremek. - Angola, Namibia
* ''
Amphiasma divaricatum''
( Engl.) Bremek. - Namibia
* ''
Amphiasma luzuloides''
(K.Schum.
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.
Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
) Bremek. - Tanzania, Malawi
* ''
Amphiasma merenskyanum''
Bremek. - Angola, Namibia
* ''
Amphiasma micranthum''
(Chiov.
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''Emilio Chiovenda'' (18 May 1871 – 19 February 1941) was an Italian botanist.
Chiovenda was born in Rome in 1871 to a family originating from rural Piedmont. He was educated at the Collegio Rosmini in Stresa and Domodossola College b ...
) Bremek. - Angola
* ''
Amphiasma redheadii''
Bremek. - Zambia
* ''
Amphiasma robijnsii''
Bremek. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa)
References
External links
''Amphiasma'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Spermacoceae
Flora of Southern Africa
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