Kraussia is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa.^[1] The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban.^[2] It is differentiated from Tricalysia and Empogona by the ovule arrangement inside the ovary cells.^[2] The genus contains between 4 and 10 species,^[3][4] including:

• Kraussia floribunda Harv. (1842)
• Kraussia kirkii (Hook.f.) Bullock
• Kraussia socotrana Bridson
• Kraussia speciosa Bullock

Kraussia
Kraussia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Octotropideae
Genus:	KraussiaHarv. References edit ^ Bridson, Diane M. (1995). "A new Kraussia from Socotra". Kew Bulletin. 50 (4): 773–776. doi:10.2307/4110238. JSTOR 4110238. ^ a b Bullock, A. A. (1931). "The Genus Kraussia". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew). 1931 (5): 254–257. doi:10.2307/4102485. JSTOR 4102485. ^ ThePlantList (2010). "Kraussia". ^ "!Kraussia Harv". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 November 2012.   Data related to Kraussia (Rubiaceae) at Wikispecies