Gonzalagunia spicata

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Gonzalagunia
Species: Gonzalagunia spicata

Name

Gonzalagunia spicata (Lam.) M.Gomez, Dicc. Bot. Nombres Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riq.: 106 (1889); et in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 289 (1894)

• Note: there has been a long-termed dispute over whether the name G. spicata should be used or G. hirsuta (Jacq.) K.Schum. should be; vide Howard (1973), Taylor (2016).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lygistum spicatum Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1(1.2): 286 (1791 [1792])
    • Type locality: "Ex Caribæis".
• Homotypic
  • Coccocypselum spicatum (Lam.) Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3 [H.B.K.]: 406 (1820)
  • Gonzalagunia coccocypselum Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 4(2): 196 (1829), as "Gonzalagunia Coccocypselum", nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Gonzalea coccocypselum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 701 (1840)
  • Gonzalea spicata (Lam.) DC., Prodr. 4: 437 (1830)
  • Duggena spicata (Lam.) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 126 (1916)
• Heterotypic
  • Duggena richardii Vahl in H.West, Bidr. Ste-Croix: 269 (1793), not validly publ.
  • Hedyotis secunda Spreng. ex Schult., Mant. 3: 133 (1827)
    • Typus: Herb. Balbis; Bertero.
    • Type locality: In Portoricco [= Puerto Rico].
  • Gonzalea incanescens DC., Prodr. 4: 437 (1830)
    • Typus: deposited in G-DC (monochrome photocopy in F^(GBIF)).
    • Type locality: "in Tabago?"
  • Gonzalagunia hirsuta f. cyanocarpa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 284 (1891), as "G. hirsuta α typica f. cyanocarpa"
  • Gonzalagunia hirsuta var. heterodon Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 284 (1891), as "G. hirsuta β heterodon"
  • Gonzalagunia hirsuta f. leucocarpa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 284 (1891), as "G. hirsuta α typica f. leucocarpa"
  • Gonzalagunia incanescens (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 284 (1891)
  • Gonzalea grisea Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 218 (1913)
    • ⧼Syntypi⧽:
      • A. Fendler 401 ([1877–1880]; BM [​BM001008834^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isosyntypus: NY [​NY00131618^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. K [​K000424265^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, without type indication])
      • O.O. Miller & J.R. Johnston 217 ([21 July 1901]; BM [cf. BM001008835^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, without type indication])
    • Type locality:
      • Fendler: Trinidad.
      • Miller & Johnston: Venezuela. El Valle.
  • Duggena grisea (Wernham) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 125 (1916)
  • Duggena incanescens (DC.) R.O.Williams & Cheesman, Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 2: 15 (1928)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Panama Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela Regional: Western South America Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

• PWO also recognizes occurrence of G. hirsuta in Brazil Northeast, but Barbosa (2020) denies any Brazilian occurrence.

References

Primary references

• Gómez de la Maza, M. 1889. Diccionario botánico de los nombres vulgares Cubanos y Puerto-Riqueños. 115 pp. Imprenta "La Antilla" de G. Cacho-Negrete, Habana. BHL Reference page. 
• Gómez de la Maza, M. 1895. Catálogo de las periantiadas cubanas, espontáneas y cultivadas. Orden II.—Gamopétalas. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 23: 267–302. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1791–1793 ["1791"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Premiere livraison. XVI+496 pp., tt. 1–111. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Vahl, M. in West, H. 1793. Bidrag til Beskrivelse over Ste Croix, med en kort udsigt over St. Thomas, St. Jean, Tortola, Spanishtown og Crabeneiland. F.W. Thiele, København. Reference page. 
• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1818–1820 ["1818"]. 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.). 456 pp., tt. 193–300. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. 1827. Mantissa in volumen tertium systematis vegetabilium Caroli a Linné ex editione Joan. Jac. Roemer M. D. etc. et Jos. Aug. Schultes M. D. etc. 717 pp., err. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 
• Chamisso, A. de & Schlechtendal, D. de. 1829. De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana observatis. Rubiaceae. Linnaea 4: 1–36, 129–202. BHL BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Steudel, E.Th. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars I: Lit. A–K. 852 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. 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 I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 
• Wernham, H.F. 1913. New Rubiaceae from tropical America.—II. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 51: 218–221. BHL Reference page. 
• Standley, P.C. 1916. Studies of tropical American phanerogams—No. 2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 18: 87–142. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Howard, R.A. 1973. The Enumeratio and Selectarum of Nicolaus von Jacquin. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 54(4): 435–470. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 456–457.]
• Taylor, C.M. 2016. "Gonzalagunia spicata" in Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 5 December 2022.
• Barbosa, M.R.V. 2020. Gonzalagunia. In: Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. PDF (Portuguese). Flora e Funga do Brasil. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gonzalagunia hirsuta. Accessed: 2022 December 4.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gonzalagunia hirsuta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 5. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gonzalagunia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Gonzalagunia spicata. Published online. Accessed: 4 December 2022.