Keetia

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. ==Species==

• Keetia abouabou Cheek • Keetia acuminata Bridson • Keetia angustifolia Bridson • Keetia bakossiorum Cheek • Keetia bridsoniae Jongkind • Keetia carmichaelii Bridson • Keetia cornelia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bridson • Keetia ferruginea Bridson • Keetia foetida Bridson • Keetia futa Cheek • Keetia gracilis Bridson • Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson • Keetia hispida (Benth.)Bridson • Keetia inaequilatera (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson • Keetia koritschoneri Bridson • Keetia leucantha (K.Krause) Bridson • Keetia lukei Bridson • Keetia lulandensis Bridson • Keetia mannii (Hiern) Bridson • Keetia molundensis (K.Krause) Bridson • Keetia multiflora (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bridson • Keetia namoyae O.Lachenaud & Q.Luke • Keetia obovata Jongkind • Keetia ornata Bridson • Keetia procteri Bridson • Keetia purpurascens (Bullock) Bridson • Keetia purseglovei Bridson • Keetia ripae (De Wild.) Bridson • Keetia rubens (Hiern) Bridson • Keetia rufivillosa (Robyns ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson • Keetia rwandensis Bridson • Keetia susu Cheek • Keetia tenuiflora (Welw. ex Hiern) Bridson • Keetia venosa (Oliv.) Bridson • Keetia venosissima (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson • Keetia zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Bridson ==References==