Cordylostigma

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: Cordylostigma
Species: C. amboense – C. cicendioides – C. cuspidatum – C. longifolium – C. microcala – C. obtusilobum – C. prolixipes – C. stellarioides – C. virgatum
Name

Cordylostigma Groeninckx & Dessein, Taxon 59(5): 1466. (2010)

Type species: Cordylostigma longifolium (Klotzsch) Groeninckx & Dessein, Taxon 59: 1466 (2010)

Note: This genus is a neuter gender under ICBN Art. 62.2), as the second part of this compound name ...stigma is neutral
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Kohautia subgen. Pachystigma Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 48: 66. (1952)

References

Groeninckx, I., Ochoterena, H., Smets, E. & Dessein, S. 2010. Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma. Taxon 59(5): 1457-1471. DOI: 10.1002/tax.595011 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cordylostigma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cordylostigma. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cordylostigma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 5.

Cordylostigma is a genus in the Rubiaceae. The name was coined in 2010 to contain 9 species formerly belonging to the related genus Kohautia.[1] The nine species are native to tropical and southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia to South Africa, as well as Madagascar, Comoros, and Réunion.[2]

Species

Cordylostigma amboense (Schinz) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma cicendioides (K.Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma cuspidatum (K.Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma longifolium (Klotzsch) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma microcala (Bremek.) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma obtusilobum (Hiern) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma prolixipes (S.Moore) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma stellarioides (Hiern) Groeninckx & Dessein
Cordylostigma virgatum (Willd.) Groeninckx & Dessein

References

Groeninckx I, Ochoterena H, Smets E, Dessein S (2010). "Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma". Taxon. 59 (5): 1457–1471. doi:10.1002/tax.595011.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cordylostigma