Type specimen of Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (K000319583)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Mussaendeae
Genus: Mussaenda
Species: Mussaenda microdonta
Subspecies: Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata

Name

Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (Hutch.) Bridson, Kew Bull. 30(4): 696 (1975 publ. 1976)

  • Type: E. Battiscombe 708 ([29 July 1913]; holotype: K ; fragment of the holotype: BM; isotype: EA 000002958).
    • Note: there are two specimens deposited in K: K000319583 ['Isosyntype'] and K000319584 ['Unknown type material'].
  • Type locality: British East Africa[KENYA]. Streams of South-East Kenya, 1835-1990 m.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Mussaenda odorata Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914(7): 247 (1914)
  • Heterotypic
    • Mussaenda keniensis K.Krause in R.E.Fries & T.C.E.Fries, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 603 (1929); not accepted by Bridson (1976) [cited as Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata]
      • Type: R.E. Fries & T.C.E. Fries 1818 (in fruit, 22 February 1922; syntype: UPS) et R.E. Fries & T.C.E. Fries 2060 (in fruit, 5 March 1922; syntype: UPS).
      • Type locality:
        • 1818: O.-Kenia[Eastern KENYA]. Am Kaseri[Kageri?]-Fluß.
        • 2060: S.-Kenia[Southern KENYA]. Im Bergwalde am Mukengeria-Fluß.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

Gĩkũyũ: Mũringathinga
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