Craterispermum Explained

Craterispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 16 species that occur in tropical Africa and Seychelles. It is the only genus in the tribe Craterispermeae, of which the divergence time is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognized as of May 2014:^[2]

• Craterispermum angustifolium De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Craterispermum aristatum Wernham - Nigeria, Cameroon
• Craterispermum caudatum Hutch. -Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Cameroon
• Craterispermum cerinanthum Hiern - Benin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Zaire, Angola
• Craterispermum congolanum De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Craterispermum dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand - Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Craterispermum goossensii De Wild. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Craterispermum grumileoides K.Schum. - Angola
• Craterispermum inquisitorium Wernham - Gabon, Cabinda, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Craterispermum laurinum (Poir.) Benth. - Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon
• Craterispermum ledermannii K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
• Craterispermum longipedunculatum Verdc. - Tanzania
• Craterispermum microdon Baker - Seychelles
• Craterispermum montanum Hiern - Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Craterispermum parvifolium Taedoumg & Sonké - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
• Craterispermum reticulatum De Wild. - Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Craterispermum robbrechtianum Taedoumg & Sonké - Cameroon, Gabon
• Craterispermum schweinfurthii Hiern - Nigeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Gabon, Zaïre (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

External links

• Craterispermum in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Notes and References

1. Bremer B, Eriksson T. 2009. Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170. 6. 766–793. 10.1086/599077. 49332892 .
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=48720 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Craterispermum