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Karomia
Sign in to saveKaromia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus was introduced in 1932 by the botanist Paul Louis Amans Dop (1876–1954) in "" (Paris) ser. 2. 4: 1052, for the single species Karomia fragrans. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and Vietnam.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
General: for recognising Karomia; she places the Madagascan and Vietnam species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- CAS, NY, WIS, MO, MNHN, UPS
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
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Karomia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus was introduced in 1932 by the botanist Paul Louis Amans Dop (1876–1954) in "" (Paris) ser. 2. 4: 1052, for the single species Karomia fragrans. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and Vietnam. Species Karomia fragrans Dop – Vietnam Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc. – Kenya, Tanzania Karomia humbertii (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia macrocalyx (Baker) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia madagascariensis (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia microphylla (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia mira (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar Karomia speciosa (Hutch. & Corbishley) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa Karomia tettensis (Klotzsch) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karomia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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