Rubiaceae

Rhodopentas Kårehed & B.Bremer

First published in Taxon 56: 1076 (2007)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 16, 2009 s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-13894.000 No
Luke, P.A.; et al. [8390] Kenya K000172826 Yes
Peter, A. [32165] Tanzania K000394965 Isotype Yes
Busse [2628] Tanzania K000394964 Type Yes
Hornby [2101a] Tanzania K:SPC-12211.000 No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [9311] Kenya K000172828 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9356A] Tanzania K:SPC-28490.000 No
Musk, H. [114] Tanzania K000394966 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke, W., R. Q. et al [7972] Tanzania K000172925 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0