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Shrubs, small trees or lianes. Branches appearing supra-axillary and often subtended by small, rounded, often cordate leaves. Stipules acuminate. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences of sessile, dense, axillary clusters. Flowers 5(-6)-merous, sweet-scented; bracts and bracteoles triangular-acuminate, not forming cupules. Calyx with campanulate limb tube and 5 teeth. Corolla white; tube cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped; 5lobed. Anthers exserted. Ovary 2-locular; ovule 1 per loculus. Seeds flattened; testa wrinkled-striate.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cremaspora Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1390
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Cremaspora

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Cremaspora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Cremasporeae. It was described by George Bentham in 1849.[1] The genus is widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, in addition to Madagascar, Comoros, and Cape Verde. There are, however, only two currently recognized species.[2]

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References

  1. ^ George Bentham. 1849. Niger Flora, or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the river Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N., &c., p 412
  2. ^ "Cremaspora in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae".

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Cremaspora: Brief Summary

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Cremaspora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Cremasporeae. It was described by George Bentham in 1849. The genus is widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, in addition to Madagascar, Comoros, and Cape Verde. There are, however, only two currently recognized species.

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