Keetia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
Genus: |
Keetia E.Phillips |
Type species | |
Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson |
Keetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.
The genus has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical and southern Africa.
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.