Empogona

Empogona
Jackal-coffee, E. lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Coffeeae
Genus:	Empogona Hook.f.
Type species
Empogona kirkii Hook.f.

Empogona is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.^[1][2] It was for a time deemed a subgenus of Tricalysia.^[3]

Species

• Empogona acidophylla (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona aequatoria (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona africana (Sim) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona aulacosperma (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona bequaertii (De Wild.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona bracteata (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona breteleri (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona buxifolia (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona buxifolia subsp. australis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona buxifolia subsp. buxifolia
• Empogona cacondensis (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona concolor (N.Hallé) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona coriacea (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona crepiniana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona deightonii (Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona discolor (Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona filiformistipulata (De Wild.) Bremek.
  • Empogona filiformistipulata subsp. epipsila (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona filiformistipulata subsp. filiformistipulata
• Empogona glabra (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona gossweileri (S.Moore) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona kirkii Hook.f.
  • Empogona kirkii subsp. junodii (Schinz) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona kirkii subsp. kirkii
• Empogona lanceolata (Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona macrophylla (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona maputensis (Bridson & A.E.van Wyk) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona ngalaensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona nogueirae (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona ovalifolia (Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona ovalifolia var. glabrata (Oliv.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona ovalifolia var. ovalifolia
  • Empogona ovalifolia var. taylorii (S.Moore) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona reflexa (Hutch.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona reflexa var. ivorensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
  • Empogona reflexa var. reflexa
• Empogona somaliensis (Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona talbotii (Wernham) Tosh & Robbr.
• Empogona welwitschii (K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.

References

1. "Empogona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Empogona in Tropicos". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
3. Tosh J, Davis AP, Dessein S, De Block P, Huysmans S, Fay MF, Smets E, Robbrecht E (2009). "Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its relationships with allied genera based on plastid DNA data: resurrection of the genus Empogona". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96 (1): 194–213. doi:10.3417/2006202.

External links

• Empogona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae