Kohautia
Genus of flowering plants
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Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.[2][3] Thirty-one species are known.[3] The type species for the genus is Kohautia senegalensis.[4]
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| Kohautia | |
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| Kohautia aspera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Kohautia Chamisso & Schlechtendal (1829), nom. cons. |
| Type species | |
| Kohautia senegalensis | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Duvaucellia Bowdich (1825), nom. rej. | |
Kohautia was named by Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829.[5] This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844).[6]
Species
The following species are accepted in the genus Kohautia:[1]
- Kohautia amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Kohautia angolensis Bremek.
- Kohautia attenuata (Willd.) I.M.Turner
- Kohautia australiensis Halford
- Kohautia azurea (Dinter & K.Krause) Bremek.
- Kohautia caespitosa Schnizl.
- Kohautia coccinea Royle
- Kohautia confusa (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bremek.
- Kohautia cynanchica DC.
- Kohautia dolichostyla Bremek.
- Kohautia euryantha Bremek.
- Kohautia gracilis (Wall.) DC.
- Kohautia gracillima Bremek.
- Kohautia grandiflora DC.
- Kohautia huillensis Bremek.
- Kohautia kimuenzae (De Wild.) Bremek.
- Kohautia microflora D.Mantell
- Kohautia nagporensis (Brace ex Haines) Santapau & Merchant
- Kohautia pappii Bremek.
- Kohautia platyphylla (K.Schum.) Bremek.
- Kohautia pleiocaulis Bremek.
- Kohautia quartiniana (A.Rich.) Bremek.
- Kohautia ramosissima Bremek.
- Kohautia retrorsa (Boiss.) Bremek.
- Kohautia socotrana Bremek.
- Kohautia subverticillata (K.Schum.) Mantell
- Kohautia tenuis (Bowdich) Mabb.