Eriosemopsis

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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Vanguerieae
Genus: Eriosemopsis
Species: E. subanisophylla
Name

Eriosemopsis Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 38. (1928)

monotypic taxon

References

Robyns, F.H.E.A.W. 1928. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 11: 38.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Eriosemopsis. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 June 23.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Eriosemopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Eriosemopsis. Published online. Accessed: June 23 2017.
Tropicos.org 2019. Eriosemopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 23.
Verstraete, B., Steyn, H.M. & Van Wyk, A.E. 2017. Taxonomic status of some geofrutex members of Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae): notes on Eriosemopsis and Pygmaeothamnus and the description of a new genus Bridsonia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 186(1): 47-65. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/box076 PDF on ResearchGate Reference page.

Eriosemopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Walter Robyns in 1928 and no changes have been made since then. The genus contains only one species, viz. Eriosemopsis subanisophylla, which is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The species is morphologically similar to the species Pygmaeothamnus zeyheri but differs by having a thick indumentum, raised venation and elliptical leaves.[1]
References

Robyns W (1928). "Tentamen monographiae Vanguerieae generumque affinium". Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'état Bruxelles. 11 (1): 1–359. doi:10.2307/3666476. JSTOR 3666476.