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Kraussia
''For the crab genus, see '' Kraussia (crab).

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

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