Chassalia boryana

Chassalia boryana

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: Chassalia
Species: Chassalia boryana

Name

Chassalia boryana DC., Prodr. 4: 532 (1830), as 'C. Boryana'

• ⧼Typi⧽:
  • Lectotypus: F.W. Sieber Fl. Mauritiana No. 273 ([December 1822 – April 1823]; P [​P00553228^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Ferrer-Gallego 2019]; ⧼Isolectotypi⧽: E [​E00193732^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], G-DC [​G00666978 (396633/1)], K [​K000430009^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], L.2854053, W 0033176^(GBIF)).
    • Note: '253' found in the protologue has been confirmed as a typographical error (vide Ferrer-Gallego 2019).
  • Syntypus: J.B.G. Bory de Saint-Vincent s.n. (G-DC {G00666913 (396636/1), G00666921 (396634/1)}).
• Type locality:
  • Lectotypus: Ins. Mauritii [MAURITIUS].
  • Syntypus: 'Ins. Borboniæ' [Réunion] [MAURITIUS. Le Pouce Mountain.]

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Homotypic
  • Psychotria boryana (DC.) Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 511 (1895); not accepted by Verdcourt et al. (1989) [cited as C. boryana]
  • Uragoga boryana (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 959 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Gaertnera cymiflora Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 218 (1837); not accepted by Verdcourt et al. (1989), Malcomber & Taylor (2016) [cited as Chassalia boryana]
    • Typus: Bojer (Syntypi: repository unknown [​fide A.DC. et Verdcort 1983]).
    • Type locality: Ile Maurice [= MAURITIUS]. dans les bois épars qui se trouvent encore dans les quartiers des Pamplemousses et de la Rivière du Rempart, à la Poudre-d'Or et au Bois-Rouge.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. 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. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bojer, W. 1837. Hortus Mauritianus... 455 pp. Mauritius. BHL Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Cordemoy, E.de 1895. Flore de l'île de la Réunion (Phanérogames, Cryptogames vasculaires, Muscinées) avec l'indication des propriétés économiques & industrielles des plantes. 574 pp. Paris: P. Klinsksieck. BHL Reference page. 
• Verdcourt, B. 1983. Notes on Mascarene Rubiaceae. Kew Bulletin 37(4): 521–574. DOI: 10.2307/4109725 Reference page.  [see page 532.]
• Verdcourt, B., Leroy, J.-F. & Tirvengadum, D.D. 1989. Rubiacées. In: Bosser, J., Cadet, T., Guého, J. & Marais, W. (eds.), Flore des Mascareignes. Familles 107–108bis. 135 pp. The Sugar Industry Research Institute, Mauritius, l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique Outre-Mer, Paris, France & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. Google Books. Reference page.  [see page 21.]
• Malcomber, S.T. & Taylor, C.M. 2016. "Gaertnera cymiflora". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 11 January 2023.
• Ferrer-Gallego, P.P. 2019. The nomenclatural type of the critically endangered species Chassalia boryana (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae) endemic to the island of Mauritius. Novon 27(3): 162–164. DOI: 10.3417/2019397 . BioOne . JSTOR . Reference page.  [see page 164.]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chassalia boryana. Accessed: 2023 January 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chassalia boryana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Chassalia boryana. Published online. Accessed: 11 January 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Chassalia boryana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 January 2023.

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