Alseis eggersii

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: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Alseis
Species: Alseis eggersii

Name

Alseis eggersii Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(8): 264 (1929), as 'Alseis Eggersii'

• Type: H.F.A. von Eggers 15,738 (in fruit, 29 April [1897]; Holotype: F [​V0093293F (143303)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: B [destroyed; monochrome photocopies: F0BN000231^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)} & F0BN000232^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}], C [C10018064 (9573)^{(JSTOR, GBIF)}], F [​V0093294F (606518)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [​K000173572^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], O [​V-2017394^(GBIF)], S [​S05-521^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
• Type locality: Ecuador. [Manabí:] El Recreo.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Western South America Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North (Acre) [​fide FFB 2023]. Flora e Funga do Brasil (2023) regards C.A. Cid Ferreira et al. 10555 (collected in Cruzeiro do Sul, 4 November 1991; deposited in INPA, NY [​NY00452775(GBIF)]; also in MO-1562092 (04884155)(GBIF), UFACPZ [​UFACPZ008447(GBIF)) and M.S. Silveira, D. Daly, R.S. Saraiva, F.C. Walthier, D.A.G. Silva & M. Pardo 651 (collected in Sena Madureira, 26 October 1993; deposited in NY [​NY01550334(GBIF)]; also in MO-1562121 (04905449)(GBIF), UFACPZ [​UFACPZ006262(GBIF)]) as occurrences of A. eggersii in Acre, while C.M. Taylor re-determined them with A. reticulata Pilg. & Schmale and A. peruviana Standl. respectively in 2007. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1929. Studies of American plants—I. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 4(8): 197–299. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andersson, L. & Taylor, C.M. 1994. Flora of Ecuador, Vol. 50. Rubiaceae. 114 pp. Stockholm: Department of Systematic Botany, University of Göteborg, Section for Botany, Riksmuseum, pp. 86–87. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Online. Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M. 2020. "Alseis eggersii". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 6 January 2023.

Links

• Alseis eggersii. Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 6 January 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alseis. Accessed: 2023 January 6.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alseis eggersii. Accessed: 2023 January 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alseis eggersii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alseis eggersii. Published online. Accessed: 6 January 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Alseis eggersii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 January 2023.