Fadogia

Fadogia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Eudicots
clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Fadogia
Schweinf.
Type species
Fadogia cienkowskii
Schweinf.

Fadogia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genera Rytigynia and Fadogia form a strongly supported clade but neither of these genera is monophyletic.[1]

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Species

  • Fadogia ancylantha Schweinf.
  • Fadogia andersonii Robyns
  • Fadogia arenicola K.Schum. & K.Krause
  • Fadogia audruana M.Fay, J.-P.Lebrun & Stork
  • Fadogia butayei De Wild.
  • Fadogia caespitosa Robyns
  • Fadogia chlorantha K.Schum.
  • Fadogia chrysantha K.Schum.
  • Fadogia cienkowskii Schweinf.
  • Fadogia cinerascens Robyns
  • Fadogia elskensii De Wild.
  • Fadogia erythrophloea (K.Schum. & K.Krause) Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Fadogia fragrans Robyns
  • Fadogia fuchsioides Schweinf. ex Oliv.
  • Fadogia glaberrima Welw. ex Hiern
  • Fadogia gossweileri Robyns
  • Fadogia graminea Wernham
  • Fadogia homblei Robyns
  • Fadogia lactiflora Welw. ex Hiern
  • Fadogia latifolia A.Chev. ex Robyns
  • Fadogia leucophloea Schweinf. ex Hiern
  • Fadogia luangwae Verdc.
  • Fadogia oblongolanceolata Robyns
  • Fadogia obscura A.Chev. ex Robyns
  • Fadogia olivacea Robyns
  • Fadogia parvifolia Verdc.
  • Fadogia pobeguinii Pobég.
  • Fadogia punctulata Robyns
  • Fadogia rostrata Robyns
  • Fadogia salictaria S.Moore
  • Fadogia schmitzii Verdc.
  • Fadogia spectabilis Milne-Redh.
  • Fadogia stenophylla Welw. ex Hiern
  • Fadogia tetraquetra K.Schum. & K.Krause
  • Fadogia tomentosa De Wild.
  • Fadogia triphylla Baker
  • Fadogia variifolia Robyns
  • Fadogia verdcourtii Tennant
  • Fadogia verdickii De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Fadogia vollesenii Verdc.

Gousiekte

Fadogia homblei is shown to harbor endophytic Burkholderia bacteria and is known to cause gousiekte, a cardiotoxicosis of ruminants characterised by heart failure four to eight weeks after ingestion of certain rubiaceous plants.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Lantz H, Bremer B (2005). "Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera Fadogia, Rytigynia, and Vangueria with close relatives and a new circumscription of Vangueria". Plant Systematics and Evolution 253: 159–183. doi:10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9. 
  2. ^ Verstraete B, Van Elst D, Steyn H, Van Wyk B, Lemaire B, Smets E, Dessein S (2011). "Endophytic bacteria in toxic South African plants: identification, phylogeny and possible involvement in gousiekte". PLoS ONE 6 (4): e19265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019265.