Coussarea duckei

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Coussareeae
Genus: Coussarea
Species: Coussarea duckei

Name

Coussarea duckei Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8(3): 174 (1930), as 'Coussarea Duckei'

• Type locality: Brazil. State of Pará: Insula Goyana sub cataractam infimam Río Tapajoz, in forests which are scarcely or seldom flooded.
• Type: A. Ducke 18846 (in flower, 16 October 1922; Holotype: B [monochrome photocopy in F^(GBIF)]; Isotypes: F [​V0068846F (611796)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [​K000432715^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}], MA-01-00313395^(GBIF), RB {RB00543512 (18846)^(GBIF), RB00560089 (18846)^(GBIF), RB00560090 (18846)^(GBIF)}, UFMT [​UFMT001038 (11183)^(GBIF)], US [​US00129921 (1692614)^{(CRIA, JSTOR, REFLORA)}]; cf. L [​U.1559776^{(GBIF, speciesLink)}, without type indication], P [​P03913955^{(CRIA, GBIF, REFLORA)}, without type indication]).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North (Pará). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1930. Studies of American Plants—IV. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(3): 133–236. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gomes, M., Barbosa, M.R.V. & Pereira, M.S. 2020. Coussarea. In: Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. PDF (Portuguese). Flora e Funga do Brasil. Reference page.  [see page 18]
• Taylor, C.M. 2016. "Coussarea duckei". In: Rubiaceae in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 8 January 2023.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Coussarea duckei. Accessed: 2025 November 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Coussarea duckei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Coussarea duckei. Published online. Accessed: 19 November 2022. Reference page.