Sericanthe

Sericanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Africa.^[1] The genus was described by Elmar Robbrecht in 1978 based on the species in Neorosea, except for the type species, Neorosea jasminiflora, which went to Tricalysia.^[2] Bacterial leaf nodules are found in most of the species and the endophytic bacteria have been identified as Burkholderia.^[3]

Sericanthe
Sericanthe andongensis subsp. legatii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Coffeeae
Genus:	Sericanthe Robbr.
Type species
Sericanthe odoratissima (K.Schum.) Robbr.

Species

• Sericanthe adamii (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe andongensis (Hiern) Robbr.
• Sericanthe auriculata (Keay) Robbr.
• Sericanthe burundensis Robbr.
• Sericanthe chevalieri (K.Krause) Robbr.
• Sericanthe chimanimaniensis Wursten & De Block
• Sericanthe gabonensis Sonké & Robbr.
• Sericanthe halleana Robbr.
• Sericanthe jacfelicis (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe leonardii (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe lowryana Sonké & Robbr.
• Sericanthe mpassa Sonké & Robbr.
• Sericanthe odoratissima (K.Schum.) Robbr.
• Sericanthe pellegrinii (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe petitii (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe rabia Sonké & Robbr.
• Sericanthe raynaliorum (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe roseoides (De Wild. & T.Durand) Robbr.
• Sericanthe suffruticosa (Hutch.) Robbr.
• Sericanthe testui (N.Hallé) Robbr.
• Sericanthe toupetou (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Robbr.
• Sericanthe trilocularis (Scott Elliot) Robbr.

References

1. POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
2. Robbrecht E (1978). "Sericanthe, a new African genus of Rubiaceae (Coffeeae)". Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 48 (1/2): 3–78. doi:10.2307/3667918. JSTOR 3667918.
3. Lemaire B, Robbrecht E, Van Wyk B, Van Oevelen S, Verstraete B, Prinsen E, Smets E, Dessein S (2011). "Identification, origin, and evolution of leaf nodulating symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae)". Journal of Microbiology. 49 (6): 935–941. doi:10.1007/s12275-011-1163-5. hdl:2263/18344. PMID 22203556. S2CID 7508103.