''Anthospermum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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 is found in Tropical and Southern Africa,

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and in southwestern

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

Species

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Anthospermum aethiopicum ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' is a species of flowering plant in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae, indigenous to South Africa. Description A shrub reaching 2 meters in height, with bunches of yellow flowers. Its small, thin leaves are al ...

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Anthospermum ammannioides ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

S.Moore Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist. Biography Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then work ...

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Anthospermum asperuloides ''Anthospermum asperuloides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in eastern Cameroon and on the island of Bioko, which is part of Equatorial Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland gras ...

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Anthospermum basuticum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * ''Anthospermum ammannioides'' S ...

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Anthospermum bergianum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * ''Anthospermum ammannioides'' S ...

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Anthospermum bicorne ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' Carl Linnaeus, L. * ...

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Anthospermum comptonii ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

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Anthospermum dregei ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

Sond. Otto Wilhelm Sonder (18 June 1812, Bad Oldesloe – 21 November 1881) was a German botanist and pharmacist. Life A native of Holstein, Sonder studied at Kiel University, where he sat pharmaceutical examinations in 1835, before becoming the prop ...

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Anthospermum emirnense ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

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Anthospermum ericifolium ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

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Roem. Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl ...

Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...

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Kuntze Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include: * Carl Kuntze (1922-2006), Dutch rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics * Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor * Otto Kuntze (1843-1907), German ...

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Anthospermum esterhuysenianum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

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Anthospermum galioides ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' Carl Linnaeus, L. * ...

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Spreng. Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, ''Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde'' (1792–99 in four vo ...

* '' Anthospermum galpinii''

Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America a ...

* '' Anthospermum herbaceum'' L.f. * '' Anthospermum hirtum'' Cruse * '' Anthospermum hispidulum''

E.Mey. Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1 January 1791 – 7 August 1858) was a German botanist and botanical historian. Born in Hanover, he lectured in Göttingen and in 1826 became a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg, as well as Dir ...

* '' Anthospermum ibityense'' Puff * '' Anthospermum isaloense'' Homolle ex Puff * '' Anthospermum littoreum'' L.Bolus * ''

Anthospermum longisepalum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * ''Anthospermum ammannioides'' S ...

'' Homolle ex Puff * '' Anthospermum madagascariensis'' Homolle ex Puff * '' Anthospermum monticola'' Puff * '' Anthospermum pachyrrhizum'' Hiern * '' Anthospermum palustre'' Homolle ex Puff * '' Anthospermum paniculatum'' Cruse * '' Anthospermum perrieri'' Homolle ex Puff * ''

Anthospermum prostratum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' Carl Linnaeus, L. * ...

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Anthospermum rigidum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * ''Anthospermum ammannioides'' S ...

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Zeyh. Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (2 August 1799 Dillenburg, Hessen, Germany – 13 December 1858 Cape Town), was a botanical and insect collector who collected extensively in South Africa. He was the author, with Christian Friedrich Ecklon, of ''Enumera ...

* '' Anthospermum rosmarinus''

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 ...

* '' Anthospermum spathulatum''

* '' Anthospermum streyi'' Puff * '' Anthospermum ternatum'' Hiern * ''

Anthospermum thymoides ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * '' Anthospermum ammannioides'' ...

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* '' Anthospermum vallicola''

* '' Anthospermum villosicarpum'' ( Verdc.) Puff * ' Hiern * ''

Anthospermum whyteanum ''Anthospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar and in southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Species * ''Anthospermum aethiopicum'' L. * ''Anthospermum ammannioides'' S ...

'' Hiern * '' Anthospermum zimbabwense'' Puff

References

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''Anthospermum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera Anthospermeae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubioideae-stub