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.
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