| RUBIACEAE Introduction: This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded. To go to the main family page, click on the family name above. | No image yet | 
| Literature: | |
| Bridson, D.M. (1998) Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) | |
| Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) | |
| Verdcourt, B. (1988) Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) | |
| Names | FZ Divisions | 
| EMPOGONA Hook. f. | |
| Empogona cacondensis (Hiern) J. Tosh & Robbr. | N | 
| Tricalysia cacondensis Hiern | |
| Empogona kirkii Hook. f. | |
| subsp. junodii (Schinz) J. Tosh & Robbr. | |
| Empogona junodii Schinz | |
| Empogona kirkii Hook. f. | |
| subsp. kirkii | N | 
| Tricalysia allenii (Stapf) Brenan | |
| Tricalysia junodii (Schinz) Brenan var. kirkii (Hook. f.) Robbr. | |
| Empogona lanceolata (Sond.) J. Tosh & Robbr. | |
| Tricalysia lanceolata (Sond.) Burtt Davy | |
| AFROCANTHIUM (Bridson) Lantz & B. Bremer | |
| Afrocanthium gilfillanii (N.E. Br.) O.B. Mill. | SE | 
| Canthium gilfillanii (N.E. Br.) O.B. Mill. | |
| Canthium mundianum sensu Coates Palgrave p.p. | |
| Plectronia gilfillanii N.E. Br. | |
| Afrocanthium mundianum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Lantz | ? | 
| Canthium mundianum Cham. & Schldtl. | |
| Plectronia mundiana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Pappe | |
| Plectronia mundii Sim | |
| Afrocanthium pseudorandii (Bridson) Lantz | N | 
| Canthium burtii Bullock sensu R. B. Drumm. | |
| Canthium pseudorandii Bridson | |
| Canthium randii sensu Miller in J. S. African Bot. 18: 83 (1952), non S. Moore. | |
| CORDYLOSTIGMA Groeninckx & Dessein | |
| Cordylostigma cuspidatum (K. Schum.) Groeninckx & Dessein | N,SE | 
| Kohautia cuspidata (K. Schum.) Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia acudentata Wight | |
| Oldenlandia capituliflora K. Krause | |
| Oldenlandia cuspidata K. Schum. | |
| Oldenlandia cuspidata K. Schum. | |
| Cordylostigma virgatum (Willd.) Groeninckx & Dessein | N,SE | 
| Hedyotis gerrardii Harv. ex Sond. | |
| Hedyotis setifera (DC.) Steudel | |
| Hedyotis setifera (DC.) Steudel var. pubescens Sond. | |
| Hedyotis virgata Willd. | |
| Kohautia parviflora Benth. | |
| Kohautia setifera DC. | |
| Kohautia virgata (Willd.) Bremek. var. oblanceolata Bremek. | |
| Kohautia virgata (Willd.) Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia caffra Eckl. & Zeyh. pro parte | |
| Oldenlandia moandensis De Wild. | |
| Oldenlandia parviflora (Benth.) Oliv. | |
| Oldenlandia virgata (Willd.) DC. | |
| 8136.060 KOHAUTIA Cham. & Schltdl. | |
| Kohautia aspera (B. Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia rhodesiana S. Moore | |
| Kohautia caespitosa Schnizl. | |
| subsp. brachyloba (Sond.) D. Mantell | N,SW | 
| Oldenlandia lasiocarpa (Klotzsch) Hiern | |
| Oldenlandia papillosa K. Schum. | |
| Oldenlandia thymifolia (C. Presl) Kuntze | |
| Oldenlandia welwitschii Hiern | |
| Kohautia cynanchica DC. | N,SW,SE | 
| Hedyotis cynanchica (DC.) Steud. | |
| Oldenlandia cynanchica (DC.) K. Schum. ex Kuntze | |
| Kohautia microflora D. Mantell | |
| Kohautia ramosissima Bremek. | SW | 
| Kohautia subverticillata (K. Schum.) D. Mantell | |
| subsp. subverticillata | N,SW,SE | 
| Kohautia lasiocarpa var. xerophila (Schinz) Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia subverticillata K. Schum. | |
| 8136.180 PENTODON Hochst. | |
| Pentodon pentandrus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Vatke | |
| var. pentandrus | N | 
| Hedyotis pentandra Schumach & Thonn. | |
| Oldenlandia macrophylla DC. | |
| Oldenlandia pentandra (Schumach & Thonn.) DC. | |
| Pentodon abyssinicus Hochst. | |
| 8136.200 OLDENLANDIA L. | |
| Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC. | |
| var. fugax (Vatke) Verdc. | |
| Hedyotis affinis Roem. & Schult. | |
| Hedyotis decumbens Hochst. | |
| Oldenlandia decumbens (Hochst.) Hiern | |
| Oldenlandia angolensis K. Schum. | |
| var. angolensis | N | 
| Oldenlandia capensis L.f. | |
| var. pleiosepala Bremek. | N | 
| Karamyschewia hedyotoides Fisch. & Mey. | |
| Oldenlandia hedyotoides (Fisch. & Mey.) Boiss. | |
| Theyodes octodon A. Rich. | |
| Oldenlandia capensis L.f. | |
| var. capensis | N | 
| Hedyotis geminiflora Sond. | |
| Oldenlandia geminiflora (Sond.) Kuntze | |
| Oldenlandia corymbosa L. | |
| var. linearis (DC.) Verdc. | N,SE | 
| Oldenlandia linearis DC. | |
| Oldenlandia corymbosa L. | |
| var. caespitosa (Benth.) Verdc. | |
| Oldenlandia caespitosa (Benth.) Hiern | |
| Oldenlandia caespitosa (Benth.) Hiern var. subpedunculata (O. Kuntze) Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia caespitosa (Benth.) Hiern var. major Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia corymbosa L. var. subpedunculata O. Kuntze | |
| Oldenlandia herbacea Roxb. var. caespitosa Benth. | |
| Oldenlandia tenuissima Hiern | |
| Oldenlandia fastigiata Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia goreensis (DC.) Summerh. | |
| var. goreensis | N | 
| Hedyotis goreensis DC. | |
| Oldenlandia trinervia sensu Hiern | |
| Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb. | |
| var. herbacea | N,SE | 
| Hedyotis heynii (G. Don) Sond. | |
| Oldenlandia herbacea var. flaccida Bremek. | |
| Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb. | N,SE | 
| Hedyotis herbacea L. | |
| Oldenlandia lancifolia (Schumach.) DC. | |
| var. scabridula Bremek. | N | 
| Hedyotis lancifolia Schumach. | |
| 8157.000 CARPHALEA Juss. | |
| Carphalea pubescens (Klotzsch) Verdc. | N | 
| Dirichletia pubescens Klotzsch | |
| 8212.000 CROSSOPTERYX Fenzl | |
| Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth. | N | 
| Rondeletia febrifuga Afzel. ex G. Don | |
| Tarenna mossambicensis Hiern | |
| 8278.000 TARENNA Gaertn. | |
| Tarenna luteola (Stapf) Bremek. | N | 
| Pavetta luteola Stapf | |
| 8283.100 CATUNAREGAM Wolf | |
| Catunaregam taylorii (S. Moore) Bridson | |
| Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. subsp. taylorii (S. Moore) Verdc. | |
| Randia vestita S. Moore | |
| Xeromphis obovata sensu Codd | |
| 8283.110 CODDIA Verdc. | |
| Coddia rudis (E. Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc. | |
| Lachnosiphonium rude (E.Mey. ex Harv.) J.G. Garcia | |
| Randia parvifolia Harv. | |
| Randia rudis (E. Mey. ex Harv.) Verdc. | |
| Xeromphis rudis (E. Mey. ex Harv.) Codd | |
| 8285.000 GARDENIA J. Ellis | |
| Gardenia brachythamnus (K. Schum.) Launert | N | 
| Coffea angolensis R.D.Good | |
| Randia brachythamnus K.Schum. | |
| Gardenia resiniflua Hiern | |
| subsp. resiniflua | N | 
| Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. | |
| subsp. jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Verdc. var. goetzei (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc. | N | 
| Gardenia asperula Stapf & Hutch. | |
| Gardenia goetzei Stapf & Hutch. | |
| Gardenia jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Hiern | |
| Gardenia volkensii K. Schum. | |
| subsp. spatulifolia (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc. | N,SE | 
| Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch. | |
| Gardenia volkensii K. Schum. | |
| subsp. volkensii var. volkensii | N,SE | 
| Gardenia somalensis Fiori ex Chiov. | |
| Gardenia volkensii K. Schum. var. somalensis (Fiori ex Chiov.) Cufod. | |
| 8285.010 ROTHMANNIA Thunb. | |
| Rothmannia capensis Thunb. | SE | 
| 8299.000 FERETIA Delile | |
| Feretia aeruginescens Stapf | N | 
| Feretia apodanthera Delile var. australis K. Schum. | |
| Sericanthe andongensis var. mollis sensu Robbrecht p.p. non (Hiern) Robbr. | |
| 8326.000 HEINSIA DC. | |
| Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G. Taylor | |
| subsp. parviflora (K. Schum. & K. Krause) Verdc. | |
| Gardenia crinita Afzel. | |
| 8351.000 VANGUERIA Comm. ex Juss. | |
| ANCYLANTHOS Desf. | |
| LAGYNIAS E. Mey. ex Robyns | |
| PACHYSTIGMA Hochst. | |
| TAPIPHYLLUM Robyns | |
| Vangueria cyanescens Robyns | N | 
| Vangueria esculenta S. Moore | |
| var. glabra S. Moore | |
| Vangueria ferruginea (Welw.) ined. | N | 
| Ancylanthos bainesii Hiern | |
| Ancylanthos ferrugineus Welw. | |
| Ancylanthos fulgidus Welw. ex Hiern | |
| Ancylanthos rubiginosus Desf. | |
| Vangueria rubiginosa (Desf.) Lantz, nom. illeg. | |
| Vangueria infausta Burch. | |
| subsp. infausta | SE | 
| Vangueria tomentosa Hochst. | |
| Vangueria madagascariensis J.F. Gmel. | |
| Vangueria acutiloba Robyns | |
| Vangueria chinensis Rohr | |
| Vangueria cyanescens sensu Pooley, non Robyns | |
| Vangueria edulis Vahl, nom. illegit. | |
| Vangueria floribunda Robyns | |
| Vangueria robynsii Tennant | |
| Vangueria venosa Robyns | |
| Vangueria parvifolia Sond. | SE | 
| Tapiphyllum parvifolium (Sond.) Robyns | |
| Vangueria proschii Briq. | N | 
| Vangueria lasioclados K. Schum. | |
| Vangueria rupicola Robyns | |
| Vangueria randii S. Moore | |
| subsp. randii | N | 
| Vangueria chartacea Robyns | |
| 8351.020 PYGMAEOTHAMNUS Robyns | |
| Pygmaeothamnus zeyheri (Sond.) Robyns | |
| var. zeyheri | SE | 
| Canthium oatesii Rolfe | |
| Fadogia zeyheri (Sond.) Hiern | |
| Pachystigma zeyheri Sond. | |
| Vangueria zeyheri (Sond.) Sond. | |
| 8351.040 RYTIGYNIA Blume | |
| Rytigynia umbellulata (Hiern) Robyns | N | 
| Canthium lagoense Baill. | |
| Rytigynia concolor (Hiern) Robyns | |
| Rytigynia junodii (Schinz) Robyns | |
| Rytigynia perlucidula Robyns | |
| Rytigynia sparsifolia (S. Moore) Robyns | |
| Rytigynia welwitschii Robyns | |
| Vangueria concolor Hiern | |
| Vangueria euonymoides sensu Burtt Davy | |
| Vangueria ituriensis De Wild. | |
| Vangueria junodii Schinz | |
| Vangueria sparsifolia S. Moore | |
| Vangueria umbellulata Hiern | |
| 8351.050 VANGUERIOPSIS Robyns | |
| Vangueriopsis lanciflora (Hiern) Robyns | |
| Canthium lanciflorum Hiern | |
| Canthium platyphyllum Hiern | |
| Vangueria lateritia Dinter | |
| 8352.000 CANTHIUM Lam. | |
| Canthium armatum (K. Schum.) Lantz | |
| Plectroniella armata (K. Schum.) Robyns | |
| Canthium glaucum Hiern | |
| subsp. frangula (S. Moore) Bridson var. frangula | N | 
| Canthium frangula S. Moore | |
| 8352.030 PSYDRAX Gaertn. | |
| Psydrax livida (Hiern) Bridson | SE | 
| Canthium huillense Hiern | |
| Canthium wildii (Suess.) Codd | |
| Plectronia wildii Suess. | |
| 8352.050 PYROSTRIA Juss. | |
| Pyrostria hystrix (Bremek.) Bridson | |
| 8383.000 PAVETTA L. | |
| Pavetta cataractarum S. Moore | N | 
| Pavetta cataractarum S. Moore var. hirtiflora Bremek. | |
| Pavetta conflatiflora S. Moore | |
| Pavetta incana sensu R.B. Drumm. | |
| Pavetta eylesii S.Moore | SE | 
| Pavetta gracilis Klotzsch | |
| Pavetta gardeniifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,SE | 
| Ixora assimilis (Sond.) Kuntze | |
| Ixora gardeniifolia (A. Rich.) Kuntze | |
| Pavetta adelensis Delile | |
| Pavetta assimilis Sond. | |
| Pavetta fossorum Bremek. | |
| Pavetta hoschstetteri Bremek. | |
| Pavetta krauseana K. Krause | |
| Pavetta petraea Bremek. | |
| Pavetta rhodesiaca Bremek. | |
| Pavetta saxicola K. Krause | |
| Pavetta somaliensis Bremek. | |
| Pavetta termitaria Bremek. var. glabra Bremek. | |
| Pavetta gardeniifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich. | |
| var. subtomentosa K.Schum. | N,SE | 
| Pavetta assimilis Sond. var. pubescens Bremek. | |
| Pavetta assimilis Sond. var. brevituba-pubescens Bremek. | |
| Pavetta assimilis Sond. var. scabrida Bremek. | |
| Pavetta assimilis Sond. var. puberula Bremek. | |
| Pavetta assimilis Sond. var. tomentella Bremek. | |
| Pavetta heidelbergensis Bremek. | |
| Pavetta ovaliloba Bremek. | |
| Pavetta pleiantha Bremek. var. glabrifolia Bremek. | |
| Pavetta pleiantha Bremek. var. velutina Bremek. | |
| Pavetta rhodesica Bremek. | |
| Pavetta termitaria Bremek. var. pubescens Bremek. | |
| Pavetta tomentella Bremek. | |
| Pavetta gardeniifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich. | |
| var. gardeniifolia | N,SE | 
| Pavetta harborii S. Moore | SE | 
| Pavetta lasiopeplus K. Schum. | N | 
| Pavetta inconspicua Dinter ex Bremek. | |
| Pavetta microlancea sensu Good non K. Schum. | |
| Pavetta zeyheri sensu Kok & Grobbelaar, p.p. | |
| Pavetta schumanniana F. Hoffm. ex K. Schum. | N | 
| Pavetta zeyheri Sond. | SE | 
| 8399.000 PSYCHOTRIA L. | |
| CEPHAELIS Sw. | |
| GRUMILEA Gaertn. | |
| Psychotria zombamontana (Kuntze) E.M.A. Petit | SE | 
| Grumilea kirkii Hiern | |
| Psychotria goetzei (K. Schum.) E.M.A. Petit var. meridiana Petit | |
| Psychotria meridiano-montana Petit | |
| Uragoga zombamontana Kuntze | |
| 8438.000 ANTHOSPERMUM L. | |
| Anthospermum rigidum Eckl. & Zeyh. | |
| subsp. pumilum (Sond.) Puff | SE | 
| Anthospermum humile N.E. Br. | |
| Anthospermum pumilum Sond. | |
| Anthospermum spicatum Suesseng. | |
| 8464.000 RICHARDIA L. | |
| *Richardia brasiliensis Gomes | |
| Richardsonia brasiliensis (Gomes) Hayne | |
| Richardia scabra L. | |
| Richardsonia scabra (L.) St.-Hil. | |
| 8471.000 SPERMACOCE L. | |
| Spermacoce deserti N.E. Br. | SW,SE | 
| Spermacoce quadrisulcata (Bremek.) Verdc. | N | 
| Spermacoce senensis (Klotzsch) Hiern | N,SE | 
| Borreria rhodesica Suesseng. | |
| Borreria scabra (Schumach. & Thonn.) K. Schum. | |
| Borreria scabra (Schumach. & Thonn.) K. Schum. | |
| Borreria senensis (Klotzsch) K. Schum. | |
| Diodia senensis Klotzsch | |
| Mitracarpum dregeanum Sond. | |
| Spermacoce subvulgata (K. Schum.) Garcia | |
| var. subvulgata | |
| Anthospermum mazzocchi-alemanii Chiov. | |
| Borreria subvulgata K. Schum. | |
| Tardavel kaessneri S. Moore | |
| 8489.000 RUBIA L. | |
| Rubia horrida (Thunb.) Puff | SE | 
| Galium horridum Thunb. | |
| Rubia petiolaris DC. var. heterophylla Sond. |