Geophila repens

Geophila repens

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Palicoureeae
Genus: Geophila
Species: Geophila repens

Name

Geophila repens (L.) I.M.Johnst., Sargentia 8: 281(–282). 1949.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rondeletia repens L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 928. 1759.

• Homotypic
  • Psychotria repens (L.) L., Fl. Jamaic. (Linnaeus): 14. 1759. (as Psychothria repens)
  • Carinta repens (L.) L.B.Sm. & Downs, Sellowia 7: 88. 1956.
  • Geocardia repens (L.) Bakh.f. in Backer & Bakh.f., Bekn. Fl. Java 15(173): 144. 1956.
  • Carinta repens (L.) Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 54(5): 118. 1963, isonym

• Heterotypic
  • Psychotria herbacea Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 16. 1760.
  • Psychotria herbacea L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2., 1: 245. 1762, nom. illeg. hom.
  • Psychotrophum herbaceum (Jacq.) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 259. 1766.
  • Psychotria violacea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 145(–147). 1775. – Hist. Pl. Guiane 3: t. 55. 1775.
  • Psychotria sylvana Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 207. 1805, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Cephaelis reniformis Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3(12): 377(–378). 1818 [1819]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 3(12): 294(–295). 1818 [1819], nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Geophila reniformis D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 136. 1825.
  • Cephaelis diversifolia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 16: 1004. 1826.
  • Geophila reniformis var. asiatica Rheede ex Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4(2): 137. 1829. (as α. asiatica)
  • Geophila reniformis var. americana Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4(2): 137. 1829. (as β. americana)
  • Geophila violacea (Aubl.) DC., Prodr. 4: 537. 1830.
  • Geophila diversifolia (Blume) DC., Prodr. 4: 537. 1830.
  • Geophila uniflora Span., Linnaea 15(3): 319. 1841, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Geophila hydrocotyloides Zipp. ex Span., Linnaea 15(3): 319. 1841, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Geophila cordata Miq., Linnaea 17(1): 72. 1843.
  • Cephaelis herbacea (Jacq.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46(2): 140. 1877.
  • Geophila uniflora Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 221. 1877.
  • Mapouria cordata (Miq.) Müll.Arg., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6(5): 426. 1881.
  • Geocardia cordata (Miq.) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17(5): 445. 1914.
  • Geocardia violacea (Aubl.) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17(5): 445. 1914.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal. Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar. Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. South-Central Pacific Cook Is., Society Is. Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is. Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Ordo XCVIII. Rubiaceae. Pp. 341–622, 672–673 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 4, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 3. Tt. 1–193. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. 
• Johnston, I.M. 1949. The botany of San Jose Island (Gulf of Panama). Sargentia 8: I–II, 1–306, tt. 1–17. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1819–1820. Rubiaceae. Juss. Pp. 335–423, tt. 277–294 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1819–1820. Rubiaceae. Juss. Pp. 262–330, tt. 277–294 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (folio ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Rubiaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 800–852. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M. 2014. Rubiaceae. Pp. 464–779 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VII, Dicotiledóneas (Picramniaceae–Rutaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-56-6. Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M. & Steyermark, J.A. 2004. Geophila. Pp. 608–610 in Taylor, C.M., Steyermark, J.A. (†), Delprete, P.G., Vicentini, A., Cortés, R., Zappi, D., Persson, C., Costa, C.B. & Anunciação, E.A., Rubiaceae. In Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 8, Poaceae–Rubiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 1-930723-36-9. Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Geophila repens. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Geophila repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 05 12. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Geophila repens.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Geophila repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-05-12.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Geophila repens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Geophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Geophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Geophila repens in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Geophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Geophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Geophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Geophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Geophila repens in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Geophila uniflora. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 31 July 2018.

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