Ceratotheca
Ceratotheca | |
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Ceratotheca triloba | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Pedaliaceae |
Genus: | Ceratotheca Endl. |
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Ceratotheca is a genus of plants in the family Pedaliaceae (sesame family) comprising about five species native to worldwide tropical areas and to southern Africa.[1]
The genus name is derived from the Greek words keras meaning horn and theke meaning capsule.[2]
Species
[edit]Species include:[3]
- Ceratotheca integribracteata Engl.
- Ceratotheca reniformis Abels (Limpopo foxglove)
- Ceratotheca saxicola E.A.Bruce
- Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl. (false sesame)
- Ceratotheca triloba (Bernh.) Hook.f. (South African foxglove)
References
[edit]- ^ Mark Hyde; Bart Wursten; Petra Ballings; Meg Coates Palgrave. "Flora of Zimbabwe". Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved January 17, 2015.
External links
[edit] Data related to Ceratotheca at Wikispecies
Media related to Ceratotheca at Wikimedia Commons