Empogona

Empogona
Jackal-coffee, E. lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Coffeeae
Genus: Empogona
Hook.f.
Type species
Empogona kirkii
Hook.f.

Empogona is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.[1][2] It was for a time deemed a subgenus of Tricalysia.[3]

Species

References

  1. "Empogona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. "Empogona in Tropicos". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. Tosh J, Davis AP, Dessein S, De Block P, Huysmans S, Fay MF, Smets E, Robbrecht E (2009). "Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its relationships with allied genera based on plastid DNA data: resurrection of the genus Empogona". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96 (1): 194–213. doi:10.3417/2006202.


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