Empogona

Empogona
Jackal-coffee, E. lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
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 family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.^[1][2] It was for a time deemed a subgenus^[3] or section^[4] of Tricalysia.

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 congesta (Oliv.) J.E.Burrows
• 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 jenniferae Cheek
• 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. POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
2. "Empogona in Tropicos". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
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. S2CID 86826332.
4. Brenan JPM (1947). "Empogona Hook.f. and its relation to Tricalysia DC". Kew Bulletin. 2 (1): 53–63. Bibcode:1947KewBu...2...53B. doi:10.2307/4109502. JSTOR 4109502.