Kraussia
# Kraussia

Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa. The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban. It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells. The genus contains between 4 and 10 species, including:

* Kraussia floribunda Harv. (1842)
* Kraussia kirkii (Hook.f.) Bullock
* Kraussia socotrana Bridson
* Kraussia speciosa Bullock
