Kraussia Explained

Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa.^[1] The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban.^[2] It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells.^[2] The genus contains between 4 and 10 species,^{[3] [4]} including:

• Kraussia floribunda Harv. (1842)
• Kraussia kirkii (Hook.f.) Bullock
• Kraussia socotrana Bridson
• Kraussia speciosa Bullock

Notes and References

1. Bridson . Diane M. . A new Kraussia from Socotra. Kew Bulletin . 1995 . 50 . 4 . 773–776 . 4110238 . 10.2307/4110238.
2. Bullock . A. A. . The Genus Kraussia. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew). 1931. 1931. 5 . 254–257 . 4102485 . 10.2307/4102485.
3. Web site: Kraussia . ThePlantList . 2010.
4. Web site: !Kraussia Harv. . Tropicos.org . Missouri Botanical Garden . 16 November 2012.