Agathisanthemum

Agathisanthemum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Spermacoceae
Genus:	Agathisanthemum Klotzsch

Agathisanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1861. It is found in tropical and southern Africa, on the Comoros and in Madagascar.

Species

• Agathisanthemum assimile Bremek. – Tanzania
• Agathisanthemum bojeri Klotzsch – from Somalia to Swaziland plus Madagascar and Comoros
  • subsp. angolense (Bremek.) Verdc. – Angola, Zambia
  • subsp. bojeri – most of species range
  • var. linearifolia Verdc. – Angola, Zambia
• Agathisanthemum chlorophyllum (Hochst.) Bremek. – Natal
• Agathisanthemum globosum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Klotzsch – from Gabon and Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae