Empogona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.[1][2] It was for a time deemed a subgenus[3] or section[4] of Tricalysia.
| Empogona | |
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| Jackal-coffee, E. lanceolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Coffeeae |
| Genus: | Empogona Hook.f. |
| Type species | |
| Empogona kirkii | |
Species
edit- Empogona acidophylla (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona aequatoria (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona africana (Sim) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona aulacosperma (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona bequaertii (De Wild.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona bracteata (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona breteleri (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona buxifolia (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona cacondensis (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona concolor (N.Hallé) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona congesta (Oliv.) J.E.Burrows
- Empogona coriacea (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona crepiniana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona deightonii (Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona discolor (Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona filiformistipulata (De Wild.) Bremek.
- Empogona filiformistipulata subsp. epipsila (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona filiformistipulata subsp. filiformistipulata
- Empogona glabra (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona gossweileri (S.Moore) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona jenniferae Cheek
- Empogona kirkii Hook.f.
- Empogona kirkii subsp. junodii (Schinz) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona kirkii subsp. kirkii
- Empogona lanceolata (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona macrophylla (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona maputensis (Bridson & A.E.van Wyk) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona ngalaensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona nogueirae (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona ovalifolia (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona reflexa (Hutch.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona somaliensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona talbotii (Wernham) Tosh & Robbr.
- Empogona welwitschii (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
References
edit- ^ POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Empogona in Tropicos". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Tosh J, Davis AP, Dessein S, De Block P, Huysmans S, Fay MF, Smets E, Robbrecht E (2009). "Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its relationships with allied genera based on plastid DNA data: resurrection of the genus Empogona". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96 (1): 194–213. doi:10.3417/2006202. S2CID 86826332.
- ^ Brenan JPM (1947). "Empogona Hook.f. and its relation to Tricalysia DC". Kew Bulletin. 2 (1): 53–63. Bibcode:1947KewBu...2...53B. doi:10.2307/4109502. JSTOR 4109502.
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