Rubiaceae

Keetia E.Phillips

First published in Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.: 587 (1926)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Tilney, P.M. & Van Wyk, A.E. (2009). Taxonomy of the genus Keetia (Rubiaceae - subfam. Ixoroideae - tribe Vanguerieae) in southern Africa, with notes on bacterial symbiosis as well as the structure of colleters and the 'stylar head' complex. Bothalia 39: 165-175.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bridson in Kew Bull. 41: 965–994 (1986).
  • Gen. S. African Fl. Pl. [Mem. Bot. Survey S. Afr. No. 10]: 587 (1926)
  • in Bothalia 2: 369 (1927).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bridson in K.B. 41: 965–994 (1986)
  • in Bothalia 2: 369 (1927)
  • in Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.: 587 (1926)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2022 Thomas, D.W.; Satabie, B. [7386] Cameroon K001569004 Yes
Jul 1, 2022 Struhsaker, T. [169] Uganda K001569033 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Kenneth Tah [316] Cameroon K000518668 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [583] Cameroon K000085364 No
Jan 1, 1994 Ake Assi, L. [17017] Congo, Republic of the K001569010 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9293] Cameroon K000109899 No
Jan 1, 1984 Carmichael [306] Tanzania K000319798 Type Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Sidibe, O. [15460] Mali K001519561 No
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17882] Tanzania K001639071 No
Kami, E.; Pickering, H.; Nsongola, G.; Bongou, Y.; Douhi, L.; Koubemba, G. [5172] Congo, Republic of the K000678323 Yes
Datizua, C.; Banze, A.; Osborne, J; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Ndala, B. (guia) [CD88] Mozambique K001346769 No
Davis, A.P. [3018] Cameroon K001569003 Yes
Sonké B.; Simo, M. [5061] Cameroon K001635368 Yes
Le Testu, G. M. P. C. [7104] Gabon K001766838 No
Ekema, S.N. [756] Cameroon K001383838 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [756] Cameroon K001291927 Yes
Tisserant, C. [1621] Central African Republic K000609943 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [5761] Gabon K001569017 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [55530] Nigeria K001569073 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [5761] Gabon K001569016 Yes
Le Testu, G. M. P. C. [9556] Gabon K001766836 No
Olorunfemi, J. [30513] Cameroon K:SPC-25153.000 No
Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [3151] Tanzania K000319796 No
Kayombo, C.J. [612] Tanzania K000319797 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1392] Nigeria K:SPC-05013.000 No
Mann, G. [814] Sierra Leone K000422561 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5059A] Ghana K:SPC-12182.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [5059] Ghana K:SPC-04687.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0