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Coptosperma
Coptosperma littorale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Pavetteae
Genus:	Coptosperma Hook.f.
Type species
Coptosperma nigrescens Hook.f.
Synonyms
Enterospermum Hiern Santalina Baill. Zygoon Hiern

Coptosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).

Species

• Coptosperma bernierianum (Baill.) De Block
• Coptosperma borbonicum (Hend.& Andr.Hend.) De Block
• Coptosperma cymosum (Willd. ex Schult.) De Block
• Coptosperma graveolens (S.Moore) Degreef
  • Coptosperma graveolens subsp. arabicum (Cufod.) Degreef
  • Coptosperma graveolens subsp. graveolens
  • Coptosperma graveolens var. impolitum (Bridson) Degreef
• Coptosperma humblotii (Drake) De Block
• Coptosperma kibuwae (Bridson) Degreef
• Coptosperma littorale (Hiern) Degreef
• Coptosperma madagascariensis (Baill.) De Block
• Coptosperma mitochondrioides Mouly & De Block
• Coptosperma neurophyllum (S.Moore) Degreef
• Coptosperma nigrescens Hook.f.
• Coptosperma pachyphyllum (Baker) De Block
• Coptosperma peteri (Bridson) Degreef
• Coptosperma rhodesiacum (Bremek.) Degreef
• Coptosperma sessiliflorum De Block
• Coptosperma somaliense Degreef
• Coptosperma supra-axillare (Hemsl.) Degreef
• Coptosperma wajirense (Bridson) Degreef
• Coptosperma zygoon (Bridson) Degreef

References

1. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1873. Genera Plantarum 2: 86
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Coptosperma

External links

• Coptosperma in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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