Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa.[2] The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban.[3] It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells.[3] The genus contains between 4 and 10 species,[4][5] including:
- Kraussia floribunda Harv. (1842)
- Kraussia kirkii (Hook.f.) Bullock
- Kraussia socotrana Bridson
- Kraussia speciosa Bullock
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| Kraussia floribunda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Octotropideae |
| Genus: | Kraussia Harv. |
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References
edit- ^ "Kraussia Harv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ Bridson, Diane M. (1995). "A new Kraussia from Socotra". Kew Bulletin. 50 (4): 773–776. doi:10.2307/4110238. JSTOR 4110238.
- ^ a b Bullock, A. A. (1931). "The Genus Kraussia". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew). 1931 (5): 254–257. doi:10.2307/4102485. JSTOR 4102485.
- ^ ThePlantList (2010). "Kraussia".
- ^ "!Kraussia Harv". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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