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Coptosperma
Coptosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It contains 19 species native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, etc.).
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

narrow-leaved butterspoon
speciesCoptosperma supra-axillare

Butterspoon
speciesCoptosperma rhodesiacum

Coptosperma borbonicum
speciesCoptosperma borbonicum

Dune Butterspoon
speciesCoptosperma littorale

Black Butterspoon
speciesCoptosperma nigrescens

Dwarf Butterspoon
speciesCoptosperma zygoon

Koppie Butterspoon
speciesCoptosperma neurophyllum

Coptosperma madagascariense
speciesCoptosperma madagascariense

Coptosperma mitochondrioides
speciesCoptosperma mitochondrioides

Coptosperma graveolens
speciesCoptosperma graveolens
Coptosperma humblotii
speciesCoptosperma humblotii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 340352.