Taxa named by August Grisebach

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Oldfeltia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It contains only one known species, Oldfeltia polyphlebia.

Ceratopyxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Ceratopyxis verbenaceae, which is endemic to Cuba. It is a resinous small tree or bush with 4.5-8 centimeter oblong leaves. The fruit it produces is 4-5 millimeters in diameter, and with small hairs attached to the skin.

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Latua pubiflora (common name in Spanish: árbol de los brujos, tree of the sorcerers) is the single species of the monotypic genus Latua, endemic to the coastal mountains of southern Chile. A shrub or small tree to 10 m in height, bearing attractive, magenta-to-red, hummingbird-pollinated flowers, it is extremely poisonous – hallucinogenic (deliriant) in smaller doses – due to tropane alkaloid content and is used by Chilean machi (shamans) of the Mapuche–Huilliche people in traditional medicine, as a poison and to enter trance states. Its elegant flowers and yellow tomato-like fruit are at

Herpyza is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Herpyza grandiflora, an herbaceous perennial endemic to Cuba. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

The genus Exochaenium (23 species) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with species occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions of the continent, particularly on the Katanga plateau (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia), with many extending to the Sudano-Zambesian and Guineo-Congolian regions. The genus is monophyletic and is used to study the variation and evolution of herkogamy.

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Lundinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It only contains one known species, Lundinia plumbea.

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Carpodiptera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes four species which are native to eastern Africa and to Mexico, northern Central America, and Cuba, and Hispaniola.

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Ixanthus is a monotypic plant genus in the family Gentianaceae. The sole species, Ixanthus viscosus, is endemic to Canary Islands laurel fields and displays small yellow flowers when in bloom.

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Behaimia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is only found in Cuba. It has only one accepted species, Behaimia cubensis. It can be distinguished from related genera, Cyclolobium and Limadendron by: pinnately multifoliolate (vs. unifoliolate) leaves, a sessile (vs. stipitate) ovary, and an indehiscent or late dehiscent one-seeded pod.

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