Leptostigma

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: Anthospermeae
Genus: Galopina
Species: G. aspera – G. circaeoides – G. crocyllioides – G. tomentosa
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galopina in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 29. Reference page.

Name

Galopina Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 3 (1781)

Type species: Galopina circaeoides Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 3 (1781)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Oxyspermum Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 364. (1837)

References
Primary references

Thunberg, C.P. (ed.) 1781. Nova Genera Plantarum, quorum partem primam, suffrag. exper. Facult. med. upsal. publice ventilandam exhibent praeses Carol. P. Thunberg, ... et respondens Claudius Fr. Hornstedt, O-Gothus. In Audit. Gust. d. xxiv. nov. anno mdcclxxxi. Horis solitis. Upsaliae. 28 p. Upsaliae: Joh, Edman. MDZ DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.88 (as Acta medicorum suecicorum 1: 207–234, tab. xvi. 1783.) Reference page.

Links

African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Galopina. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 May 23.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galopina in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Galopina. Published online. Accessed: 29 November 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Galopina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 November 2021.

Galopina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini.[1]
Species

Galopina aspera (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Walp.
Galopina circaeoides Thunb.
Galopina crocyllioides Bär
Galopina tomentosa Hochst.

References

"Galopina in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 28 April 2017.