Craibia

Craibia
Craibia zimmermannii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Millettioids
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Craibia
Harms & Dunn (1911)
Species[1]

9; see text

Craibia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains nine species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Liberia east to the Horn of Africa and south to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1]

Craibia was named for William Grant Craib (1882–1933), a British botanist who was an Assistant for India at Kew and a professor at Aberdeen University, the author of Contributions to the Flora of Siam (1912) and Florae siamensis enumeratio (1925). The genus Craibia was published in 1911 by British botanist Stephen Troyte Dunn.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Craibia Harms & Dunn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ (PlantZAfrica.com; CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names).
  3. ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants. Plant Names C-F