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Ceratotheca
	Ceratotheca triloba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Pedaliaceae
Genus:	Ceratotheca; Endl.

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

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

^ 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

Data related to Ceratotheca at Wikispecies Media related to Ceratotheca at Wikimedia Commons

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[FoZ-1] Mark Hyde; Bart Wursten; Petra Ballings; Meg Coates Palgrave. "Flora of Zimbabwe". Retrieved 17 January 2015.

[Friis-2] 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

[3] "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved January 17, 2015.

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