Sutera is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants and shrubs of the family Scrophulariaceae mainly confined to Africa.
Taxonomy Sutera cordata was named Manulea cordata in 1800 by Thunberg. Bentham renamed it Chaenostoma in 1836, Kuntze changed it to Sutera in 1891 on the grounds of synonymy. In 1994 Hilliard considered the two names subgenera of Sutera, but in 2005 Kornhall and Bremer separated the two again, placing S. cordata in Chaenostoma.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Sutera brunnea Hiern Sutera burkeana (Benth.) Hiern Sutera cooperi Hiern Sutera foetida (Andrews) Roth Sutera griquensis Hiern
Formerly placed in this genus Sutera cordata → Chaenostoma cordatum
References
External links Pretoria National Botanical Garden: Chaenostoma cordata Kristo Pienaar: South African 'What Flower Is That'? Struik, 2003. Aluka: Sutera