Arachnothryx hispidula

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 hispidula

Name

Arachnothryx hispidula Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I.: 325 (1861), as 'A. hispidulus'

• Typus: "Cr." s.n. (in flower).
  • Note: K herbarium holds Crueper 1045 (K000174003^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}), with 'Maraccas Waterfall' but lacking type annotation. Steyermark (1967) claims NY herbarium holds an isotype collected in the same locality on 10 November 1845 but lacking collector indication (cf. NY00130851^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, 'isotype', as J.H. Hart 678, seen by Steyermark in 1964).
• Type locality: [Trinidad and Tobago.] Trinidad: Maraccas waterfall.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Rondeletia hispidula (Griseb.) K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 4, Abt. 4: 35 (1891); not accepted by Steyermark (1967) [cited as Arachnothryx hispidula]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Grisebach, A.H.R. 1859–1864. Flora of the British West Indian Islands. XVI+789 pp. Lovell, Reeve & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schumann, K. 1891. Rubiaceae. Pp. 1–156. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, IV. Teil, Abteilung 4. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. 
• Maguire, B. & Steyermark, J.A. 1967. Arachnothrix hispidulus. In Maguire, B. & collaborators. The botany of the Guayana Highland – Part VII. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 17(1): 260. Google Books. World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Rondeletia hispidula (Griseb.) K.Schum. (Endangered) - Assessed by M. Oatham, V. Van den Eynden & W. Johnson on 13 September 2017.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx hispidula. Accessed: 2022 December 13.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arachnothryx hispidula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Arachnothryx hispidula. Published online. Accessed: 13 December 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Arachnothryx hispidulus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 December 2022.