Anthospermum

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Anthospermum hispidulum00.jpg

| image_caption = Anthospermum hispidulum

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Anthospermum

| authority = L. (1753)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 39; see text

| subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34146-1 Anthospermum L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

| type_species = Anthospermum aethiopicum

| type_species_authority = L.

| synonyms =

Ambraria Heist. ex Fabr. (1763)

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Anthospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web

| url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/genre.php?langue=an&id=1439

| title = Anthospermum L.

| accessdate = 2008-05-13

| work = African Plants Database

| publisher = South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica

}}{{cite web

| url = http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Anthospermum

| title = Anthospermum L.

| accessdate = 2008-05-13

| date = 1996-02-09

| work = Index Nominum Genericorum

| publisher = International Association for Plant Taxonomy

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?771

| title = Genus: Anthospermum L.

| accessdate = 2008-05-13

| author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)

| authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network

| date = 1996-09-17

| work = Taxonomy for Plants

| publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland

}} It is found in tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Anthospermum|title=Anthospermum in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=25 January 2013}}