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Trees or shrubs. Leaves yellow-green, glabrous, opposite, petiolate. Inflorescences axillary (usually supra-axillary), consisting of short compact cymes, borne on a stout, flattened peduncle. Calyx tube truncate or with 5 short teeth. Corolla salver-shaped, white, sometimes pink in bud. Ovary 2-locular; ovules 1 per loculus, pendulous from the apex. Fruit subspherical.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Craterispermum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1405
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Craterispermum

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Craterispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 16 species that occur in tropical Africa and Seychelles.[1] It is the only genus in the tribe Craterispermeae, of which the divergence time is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.[2]

Species

The following species are recognized as of May 2014:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Craterispermum
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.1086/599077. S2CID 49332892.

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Craterispermum: Brief Summary

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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.

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