Empogona

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Empogona
Jackal-coffee, E. lanceolata, in forest understory (syn. Tricalysia lanceolata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Empogona
Hook.f. (1871)

Empogona is a genus of plants in family Rubiaceae.[1] It was for a time deemed a subgenus of Tricalysia.[2] The genus is endemic to continental Africa,[2] and contains some 28 to 32 species,[1][3] including:

  • Empogona acidophylla (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona aequatoria (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona africana (Sim) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona aulacosperma (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona bequaertii (De Wild.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona bracteata (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona breteleri (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona buxifolia (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
    • E. buxifolia subsp. australis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona cacondensis (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona concolor (N.Hallé) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona coriacea (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona crepiniana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona deightonii (Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona discolor (Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona filiformistipulata (De Wild.) Bremek.
    • E. filiformistipulata subsp. epipsila (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona glabra (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona gossweileri (S.Moore) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona kirkii Hook.f. (1871)
    • E. kirkii subsp. junodii (Schinz) Tosh & Robbr.
    • E. kirkii subsp. kirkii
  • Empogona lanceolata (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona macrophylla (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona maputensis (Bridson & A.E.van Wyk) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona ngalaensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona nogueirae (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona ovalifolia (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
    • E. ovalifolia var. glabrata (Oliv.) Tosh & Robbr.
    • E. ovalifolia var. ovalifolia
    • E. ovalifolia var. taylorii (S.Moore) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona reflexa (Hutch.) Tosh & Robbr.
    • E. reflexa var. ivorensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona somaliensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona talbotii (Wernham) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona welwitschii (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ThePlantList (2010). "Empogona". 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tosh, J. et al (Mar 2009), "Phylogeny of Tricalysia: Resurrection of the genus Empogona", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96.1: 194–213 
  3. "Empogona Hook. f.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 November 2012. 


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