''Coptosperma'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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. It contains 19 species native to
Africa
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, the
Arabian Peninsula
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, and various islands of the
Indian Ocean
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(
Madagascar
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,
Comoros
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,
Mauritius
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,
Réunion
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, etc.).
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Coptosperma''
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Species
* ''Coptosperma bernierianum
''Coptosperma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).
Species
* '' Copto ...
'' (Baill.
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) De Block
* '' Coptosperma borbonicum'' (Hend.& Andr.Hend.) De Block
* '' Coptosperma cymosum'' (Willd.
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ex Schult.
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) De Block
* '' Coptosperma graveolens'' (S.Moore
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) Degreef
** ''Coptosperma graveolens'' subsp. ''arabicum'' ( Cufod.) Degreef
** ''Coptosperma graveolens'' subsp. ''graveolens''
** ''Coptosperma graveolens'' var. ''impolitum'' ( Bridson) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma humblotii'' (Drake
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) De Block
* '' Coptosperma kibuwae'' ( Bridson) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma littorale'' ( Hiern) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma madagascariensis'' (Baill.
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Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...
) De Block
* ''Coptosperma mitochondrioides
''Coptosperma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).
Species
* ''Coptos ...
'' Mouly & De Block
* ''Coptosperma neurophyllum
''Coptosperma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).
Species
* ''Coptos ...
'' (S.Moore
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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 ...
) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma nigrescens'' Hook.f.
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* ''Coptosperma pachyphyllum
''Coptosperma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).
Species
* '' Copto ...
'' (Baker
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History
Ancient history
Since grains ha ...
) De Block
* '' Coptosperma peteri'' ( Bridson) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma rhodesiacum'' ( Bremek.) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma sessiliflorum'' De Block
* '' Coptosperma somaliense'' Degreef
* '' Coptosperma supra-axillare'' (Hemsl.
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) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma wajirense'' ( Bridson) Degreef
* '' Coptosperma zygoon'' ( Bridson) Degreef
References
External links
''Coptosperma'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Pavetteae
Flora of Africa
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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