Ixora pauciflora

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: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Ixoreae
Genus: Ixora
Species: Ixora pauciflora

Name

Ixora pauciflora DC., Prodr. 4: 487 (1830)

• Type: C.L. Blume s.n. (holotype: L 0005412^(JSTOR) [sheet 908.219-766]; other type materials: L {0005413^(JSTOR) [sheet 908.219-797], 0005414^(JSTOR) [sheet 908.219-1144]}).
  • Note: although Bremekamp (1937) regarded only the first specimen as type, present determination is as follows:
    • holotype: 0005412 and 0005414, 'type': 0005413.
• Type locality: [Indonesia.] Western Java: in sylvis montis Pangaranghæ[= in forest of Mount Pangerango].

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pavetta pauciflora Blume, in sched.
  • Pavetta pauciflora (DC.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 268 (1857)
• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta javanica var. descripta Hochr., Candollea 5: 262 (1934); not accepted by Bremekamp (1937) [cited as Ixora paucuflora]
    • Type: Hochreutiner 768 (10 April 1904; G-DEL [not seen by Bremekamp]).
    • Type locality: [Indonesia.] Java: mt Salak, sur Tegalankap, forêt éclaircie, alt. 1000 m.
  • Pavetta fallax Blume ex Bremek., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14: 256 (1937), pro syn.
    • Original materials: A. Zippelius s.n. (L {L.2921101 [sheet 908.219-789], L.29211102 [sheet 908.219-792]}).
    • Locality: [Indonesia.] Java.

Misapplied names

• Ixora amoena auct. non Wall. ex G.Don [= Ixora javanica (Blume) DC.]: S.Moore, J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 51–52 (1925)
  • Note: vide Bremekamp (1937).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Malesia Jawa, Sumatera References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Miquel, F.A.W. 1856–1859. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie. vol. 2 No. IX + 1103 pp. C. G. van der Post, Amsterdam BHL. Reference page. 
• Hochreutiner, B.-P.-G. 1934. Plantae Hochreutineranae : étude systématique et biologique des collections faites par l'auteur au cours de son voyage aux Indes néerlandaises et autour du monde pendant les années 1903 à 1905. Fascicule III. Candollea 5: 175–341. DOI: 10.5169/seals-880560 Reference page. 
• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1937. The Malaysian species of the genus Ixora (Rub.). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14(3–4): 197–367. Google Books. Google Books (another version). Reference page.  [see pages 255–256.]

Links

• IUCN: Ixora pauciflora DC. (Least Concern) - Assessed by A. Barker on 10 December 2020 and published in 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora pauciflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 15. Reference page.