Vangueria cinerascens

Vangueria cinerascens is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from Tanzania to South Tropical Africa. The epithet is a Latin adjective (classical Latin cinerescens, from verb cinerescere, to turn into ashes) meaning ash-coloured, referring to the indumentum on the leaves.

Vangueria cinerascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Vangueria
Species:	V. cinerascens
Binomial name
Vangueria cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz
Synonyms
Ancylanthos cinerascens Welw. ex Hiern Tapiphyllum cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Robyns

Taxonomy

There are 5 varieties:

• V. cinerascens var. cinerascens
• V. cinerascens var. inaequalis (Robyns) Lantz
• V. cinerascens var. laeta (Robyns) Lantz
• V. cinerascens var. laevior (K.Schum.) Lantz
• V. cinerascens var. richardsiae (Robyns) Lantz

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae