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Keetia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Subfamily
  
Ixoroideae

Order
  
Gentianales

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Keetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.

Contents

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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 1926 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.

References

Keetia Wikipedia