Keetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.
Distribution The genus has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical and southern Africa.
Taxonomy It was originally described by Edwin Percy Phillips in 1926Phillips EP. 1926 "The genera of South African flowering plants, Edition 2." Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 10. and is named after J.D.M Keet, a South African forester and plant collector. The type species was Keetia transvaalensis, which received its name from the region it was first collected, but is now included in Keetia gueinzii.
Species
Keetia abouabou Cheek Keetia acuminata Bridson Keetia angustifolia Bridson Keetia bakossiorum Cheek Keetia bridsoniae Jongkind Keetia carmichaelii Bridson Keetia cornelia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bridson Keetia ferruginea Bridson Keetia foetida Bridson Keetia futa Cheek Keetia gracilis Bridson Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson Keetia hispida (Benth.)Bridson Keetia inaequilatera (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson Keetia koritschoneri Bridson Keetia leucantha (K.Krause) Bridson Keetia lukei Bridson Keetia lulandensis Bridson Keetia mannii (Hiern) Bridson Keetia molundensis (K.Krause) Bridson Keetia multiflora (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bridson Keetia namoyae O.Lachenaud & Q.Luke Keetia obovata Jongkind Keetia ornata Bridson Keetia procteri Bridson Keetia purpurascens (Bullock) Bridson Keetia purseglovei Bridson Keetia ripae (De Wild.) Bridson Keetia rubens (Hiern) Bridson Keetia rufivillosa (Robyns ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson Keetia rwandensis Bridson Keetia susu Cheek Keetia tenuiflora (Welw. ex Hiern) Bridson Keetia venosa (Oliv.) Bridson Keetia venosissima (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson Keetia zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Bridson
References
External links World Checklist of Rubiaceae