Agathisanthemum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Agathisanthemum
Species: A. assimile – A. bojeri – A. chlorophyllum – A. globosum
Name

Agathisanthemum Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 294. (1861)

Type species: Agathisanthemum bojeri Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 294. (1861)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre.
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia, Somalia.
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
South Tropical Africa
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Southern Africa
KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
Western Indian Ocean
Comoros, Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Klotzsch, J.F. 1861. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: auf Befehl Seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV, in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt von Wilhelm C.H. Peters 6(1): 294.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Agathisanthemum. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agathisanthemum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agathisanthemum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Agathisanthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28.

Agathisanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1861. It is found in tropical and southern Africa, on the Comoros and in Madagascar.
Species

Agathisanthemum assimile Bremek. – Tanzania
Agathisanthemum bojeri Klotzsch – from Somalia to Swaziland plus Madagascar and Comoros
subsp. angolense (Bremek.) Verdc. – Angola, Zambia
subsp. bojeri – most of species range
var. linearifolia Verdc. – Angola, Zambia
Agathisanthemum chlorophyllum (Hochst.) Bremek. – Natal
Agathisanthemum globosum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Klotzsch – from Gabon and Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique

References