Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa.[1] The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban.[2] It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells.[2] The genus contains between 4 and 10 species,[3][4] including:
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Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa. The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban. It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells. The genus contains between 4 and 10 species, including:
Kraussia floribunda Harv. (1842) Kraussia kirkii (Hook.f.) Bullock Kraussia socotrana Bridson Kraussia speciosa Bullock
