Arachnothryx colombiana

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Arachnothryx
Species: Arachnothryx colombiana

Name

Arachnothryx colombiana (Rusby) Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 258 (1967), as 'Arachnothrix colombiana'

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rondeletia colombiana Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 129 (1920)
    • Type: H.H. Smith 1813 p.p. (in flower, [22 August 1898], with annotation "Forest, Sierra de Onaca, 5,000 feet. A tree 20 feet high. This appears to be the normal form, the specimen from Las Nubes being from more or less stunted plants in second growth"; Holotypus: NY [​NY00133183^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: F [​V0070912F (138662)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], GH 00094354^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K [see Note], MICH [​MICH1259729 (310944)^{(CMH, GBIF)}], MO [​fide Standley 1930; cf. MO-2049188 (124144)^(GBIF)], MT [​MT00117482^(GBIF)], PH [​fide Standley 1930; cf. PH00024709 (599393)^{(CMH, JSTOR)}, lacking further locality, annotated as R. ovata], S [​S08-5884^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [​US00344815 (3215749)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]).
      • Note: the type of R. ovata Rusby [≡ Arachnothryx ovata (Rusby) Steyerm.] has the same collector and number. The following duplicates belong to either R. colombiana or R. ovata, but no exact geographical reference or bibliographical mention is confirmed: BR [​BR0000005328222^(JSTOR)], CM [​CM2170 (211212)^(GBIF)], DAO [​DAO000457183^(JSTOR)], E [​E00285357^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], L [​U 0116484^{(CRIA, JSTOR)}], LL [LL00373190^{(CMH, GBIF, JSTOR)}], MPU [​MPU021315^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US {US00137612 (704002)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, US00344814 (2407385)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, WIS [WISv0255225WIS^{(CMH, JSTOR)}]. K herbarium is mentioned as an isotype repository of R. colombiana by Delprete & Cortés-B. (2015), but K000174045^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} is annotated as R. ovata and dated 'July 1903' while holotype of R. ovata in NY is dated 16 December 1898.
    • Type locality: Colombia. [Magdalena: Santa Marta], Sierra de Onaca, 5,000 feet [≒ 1,500 m], forest.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Maguire, B. & Steyermark, J.A. 1967. Rubiaceae. In Maguire, B. & collaborators. The botany of the Guayana Highland – Part VII. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 17(1): 230–439. Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ayers, T.J. & Boufford, D.E. 1988. Index to the vascular plant types collected by H. H. Smith near Santa Marta, Colombia. Brittonia 40(4): 400–432. DOI: 10.2307/2807652 (via Wikipedia Library ). JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see page 427]
• Borhidi, A.L. 2017. Revisión crítica del género Arachnothryx Planch.. Acta Botanica Hungarica 59(3–4): 287–318. DOI: 10.1556/034.59.2017.3-4.2 ResearchGate Reference page.  [see page 304]
• Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. 2015[2016]. Arachnothryx%20colombiana. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.), Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia, pp. 2252–2343. ResearchGate . Accessed: 28 December 2022. Reference page.  [see page 2254]
• Jiménez-B., L.C. 2002. Lista de las colecciones colombianas de Rubiaceae depositadas en el Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL). Caldasia 24(1): 41–64. Online. Reference page.  [see page 42]
• Mendoza, H., Ramírez P., B.R. & Jiménez, L.C. 2004. Rubiaceae de Colombia. Guía ilustrada de géneros. Bogotá, Colombia: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Programa Inventarios de BiodiversidadGrupo de Exploración y Monitoreo Ambiental - GEMA. ISBN 8151-31-7  ResearchGate (Spanish) Reference page.  [see page 312]
• Rusby, H.H. 1920. Descriptions of three hundred new species of South American plants, with an index to previously published South American species by the same author. 170 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page.  [see also page 4]
• Standley, P.C. 1930. The Rubiaceae of Colombia. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 7: 1–175. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 28–29]
• Taylor, C.M. 2011. RUBIACEAE. In: Idárraga-Piedrahita, Á., Ortiz, R. del C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.), Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, Vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Programa Expedición Antioquia 2013. Series Biodiversidad y Recursos Naturales. 939 pp. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, Missouri Botanical Garden y Oficina de Planeación Departamental de la Gobernación de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-8709-61-1 PDF ResearchGate Tropicos. Reference page.  [see page 824]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx colombiana. Accessed: 2022 December 28.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx ovata. Accessed: 2022 December 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arachnothryx colombiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Arachnothryx colombiana. Published online. Accessed: 28 December 2022.
• IUCN: Arachnothryx colombiana (Rusby) Steyerm. (Least Concern) - Assessed by C. Lopez-Gallego & P. Morales M. on 28 February 2019 and published in 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Arachnothryx colombiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 December 2022.