Catunaregam

Catunaregam spinosa

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: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Gardenieae
Genus: Catunaregam
Species: C. longispina – C. nilotica – C. nutans – C. obovata – C. oocarpa – C. pentandra – C. pygmaea – C. spinosa – C. stenocarpa – C. stipulosa – C. swynnertonii – C. taylorii – C. tomentosa – C. torulosa

Name

Catunaregam Wolf, 1776.

• Typus: Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng., vide D.D.Tirvengadum, Taxon 27: 514. 1979.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ceriscus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: t. 28 (1788)
  • Narega Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 98 (1838)
  • Xeromphis Raf., Sylva. Tell. 21. 1838.
    • Type species: Xeromphis retzii Raf., nom. illeg.
  • Bertuchia Dennst. ex Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 2002 (-2003). 1836.
    • Type species: Bertuchia speciosa Dennst. ex Kostel.
  • Lachnosiphonium Hochst., Flora 25(1): 236. 1842.
    • Type species: Lachnosiphonium obovatum Hochst.
  • Lepipogon G.Bertol., Mem. Acc. Sc. Bolog. 4: 539. t. 21. 1853.
    • Type species: Lepipogon obovatus G.Bertol.
  • Canthopsis Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 256 (1857)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Guinea, Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera (doubtful). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Wolf 1776. Genera Plantarum 75.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Catunaregam in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 July 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Catunaregam. Published online. Accessed: July 11 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Catunaregam. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 July 2019.

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