Conostomium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Conostomium
Species: C. gazense – C. longitubum – C. natalense – C. quadrangulare – C. zoutpansbergense
Name

Conostomium (Stapf) Cufod., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 55: 85. (1948)

Type species: Conostomium quadrangulare (Rendle) Cufod., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 55: 85. (1948)

References

Cufodontis, G. 1948. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano; e Bollettino della Societa Botanica Italiano 55: 85.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Conostomium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Conostomium. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Conostomium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 5.

Conostomium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Ethiopia to South Africa.[1]
Species

Conostomium gazense Verdc. - Mozambique
Conostomium longitubum (Beck) Cufod. - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
Conostomium natalense (Hochst.) Bremek. - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Conostomium quadrangulare (Rendle) Cufod. - Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
Conostomium zoutpansbergense (Bremek.) Bremek. - Mozambique, Transvaal

References

"Conostomium in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 13 June 2014.