Karomia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus was introduced in 1932 by the botanist Paul Louis Amans Dop (1876–1954) in "Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle" (Paris) ser. 2. 4: 1052, for the single species Karomia fragrans.[1][2] It is native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and Vietnam.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ajugoideae |
| Genus: | Karomia Dop |
- Species[3]
- Karomia fragrans Dop – Vietnam
- Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc. – Kenya, Tanzania
- Karomia humbertii (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar
- Karomia macrocalyx (Baker) R.Fern. – Madagascar
- Karomia madagascariensis (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar
- Karomia microphylla (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar
- Karomia mira (Moldenke) R.Fern. – Madagascar
- Karomia speciosa (Hutch. & Corbishley) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
- Karomia tettensis (Klotzsch) R.Fern. – Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia
References
edit- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Karomia Dop". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- ^ Dop, P. (1932). "Un nouveau genre de Verbénacées". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. ser. 2. 4 (8): 1052.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families