Mitriostigma

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|image = Mitriostigma axillare, vrugte, The Waterberry.jpg

|image_caption = Mitriostigma axillare

|taxon = Mitriostigma

|authority = Hochst.

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Mitriostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34932-1 |title= Mitriostigma Hochst. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=December 13, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8VZFT |title= Mitriostigma Hochst. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=December 13, 2024}} There are five species all native to Southern Africa.Sonké, B., Simo, M., & Dessein, S. (2009). [http://www.sud-expert-plantes.ird.fr/writable/plugins/sep/files/1978_375_Pbl_Rev_Mitriostigma.pdf Synopsis of the genus Mitriostigma (Rubiaceae) with a new monocaulous species from south Cameroon.] Nordic Journal of Botany, 27(4), 305-312.

Species:

• Mitriostigma axillare Hochst.
• Mitriostigma barteri Hook.f. ex Hiern
• Mitriostigma greenwayi Bridson
• Mitriostigma monocaule Sonké & Dessein
• Mitriostigma usambarense Verdc.