Canthium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Vanguerieae
Genus: Canthium
Species: C. aciculatum – C. angustifolium – C. approximatum – C. arboreum – C. aurantiacum – C. berberidifolium – C. bipinnatum – C. brunneum – C. calvum – C. cambodianum – C. campanulatum – C. cavaleriei – C. ciliatum – C. coffeoides – C. congestiflorum – C. cordatum – C. coromandelicum – C. depressinerve – C. ellipticum – C. fenicis – C. ferrugineum – C. filipendulum – C. fraternum – C. glandulosum – C. glaucum – C. gracilipes – C. hainanense – C. hirtellum – C. hispidonervosum – C. horridulum – C. horridum – C. inerme – C. korthalsianum – C. kuntzeanum – C. laeve – C. lasianthoides – C. leytense – C. libericum – C. longipes – C. lucidulum – C. lucidum – C. macrocarpum – C. megacarpum – C. megistocarpum – C. merrillianum – C. merrillii – C. mite – C. molle – C. moluccanum – C. oblongum – C. oliganthum – C. oligocarpum – C. parvifolium – C. paucinervium – C. pedunculare – C. perakanthus – C. polyanthum – C. puberulum – C. quadratum – C. rheedei – C. sarcocarpum – C. sarmentosum – C. scabridum – C. scandens – C. schlechterianum – C. simile – C. sordidum – C. spinosum – C. spirostylum – C. stellulatum – C. strigosum – C. strychnoides – C. subaureum – C. subcapitatum – C. suberosum – C. subsessilifolium – C. sumatranum – C. tavoyanum – C. travancoricum – C. trichophorum – C. umbelligerum – C. vanwykii – C. villarii – C. violaceum

Name

Canthium Lam. Encyc. 1: 602. (1783)

Type species: Canthium coromandelicum (Burm.f.) Alston, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.) 152. (1931) originally designated as synonym Canthium parviflorum Lam., Encycl. 1: 602. (1785) without reference to basionym Gmelina coromandelina Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 132. (1768)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Lycioserissa Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 353. (1819)
- Dondisia DC., Prodr. 4: 469. (1830)
- Psilostoma Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 361. (1837)
- Clusiophyllea Baill., Adansonia 12: 197. (1879), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Liberia.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Samoa, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de 1783. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1: 602.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Canthium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Canthium. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 26 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Canthium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2019. Reference page.
Wong, K.M., Mahyuni, R., Ng, X.Y. & Neo, L. 2018. Flora of Singapore precursors, 8. Systematy of the new Southeast Asian genera Canthiumera and Dibridsonia (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae), with notes on plant architecture and reproductive ecology. Flora 17(2): 101-124. ResearchGate Reference page.