Arachnothryx skutchii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Arachnothryx
Species: Arachnothryx skutchii

Name

Arachnothryx skutchii (Standl. & Steyerm.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 33(3–4): 302 (1987)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rondeletia skutchii Standl. & Steyerm., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22(4): 289 (1940), as 'Rondeletia Skutchii'
    • Typus: A.F. Skutch 2110 (in flower, 10 January 1935; Holotypus: F [​V0070890F (934088)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: A [cf. A 00095809^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, 'Probable Type'], NY [​NY00133177^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [​US00137640 (1644447)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: Guatemala. Dept. Suchitepéquez: Finca Moca, alt. 1,260 meters, bushy slopes and banks.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Borhidi, A. 1987. Studies in Rondeletieae (Rubiaceae) X. New combinations of Central American taxa. Acta Botanica Hungarica 33(3–4): 301–303. Arcanum Digitheca Reference page. 

Additional references

• Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. 1940. Studies of Central American plants―I. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(4): 219–321. BHL Reference page. 
• Lorence, D.H. 2012. Arachnothryx skutchii. Pp. 66 in Lorence, D.H. & Taylor, C.M., 207. Rubiaceae. In Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 2: Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-1-935641-08-7. Online Reference page. 
• 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 312.]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx skutchii. Accessed: 2022 December 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arachnothryx skutchii 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 skutchii. Published online. Accessed: 28 December 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Arachnothryx skutchii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 December 2022. Reference page.