''Anthospermum'' is a
genus
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of
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
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Rubiaceae
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.
It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa,
Madagascar
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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 ...
* ''
Anthospermum asperuloides''
Hook.f.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...
* ''
Anthospermum basuticum''
Puff
* ''
Anthospermum bergianum''
Cruse
* ''
Anthospermum bicorne''
Puff
* ''
Anthospermum comptonii''
Puff
* ''
Anthospermum dregei''
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 ...
* ''
Anthospermum emirnense''
Baker
* ''
Anthospermum ericifolium''
(Licht. ex 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.) Kuntze Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include:
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* Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor
* Otto Kuntze (1843-1907), German ...
* ''
Anthospermum esterhuysenianum''
Puff
* ''
Anthospermum galioides''
Rchb. ex Spreng.
* ''
Anthospermum galpinii''
Schltr.
* ''
Anthospermum herbaceum''
L.f.
* ''
Anthospermum hirtum''
Cruse
* ''
Anthospermum hispidulum''
E.Mey. ex 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 ...
* ''
Anthospermum ibityense''
Puff
* ''
Anthospermum isaloense''
Homolle ex Puff
* ''
Anthospermum littoreum''
L.Bolus
* ''
Anthospermum longisepalum''
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''
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 ...
* ''
Anthospermum rigidum''
Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''
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''
Spreng.
* ''
Anthospermum streyi''
Puff
* ''
Anthospermum ternatum''
Hiern
* ''
Anthospermum thymoides''
Baker
* '
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 vallicola''
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 ...
* ''
Anthospermum villosicarpum''
( Verdc.) Puff
* '
Hiern
* ''
Anthospermum whyteanum''
Hiern
* ''
Anthospermum zimbabwense''
Puff
References
External links
''Anthospermum'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Anthospermeae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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