Hoffmannia macrosiphon

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: Hamelieae
Genus: Hoffmannia
Species: Hoffmannia macrosiphon
(Varietates: H. m. var. macrosiphon – H. m. var. multiflora
)

Name

Hoffmannia macrosiphon Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17(3): 276 (1937)

• Typus: A.F. Skutch 937 (in flower, 4 August 1934; Holotypus: F [​V0069500F (813468)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: A [cf. A 00096845^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, 'Probable Type'], EAP [​EAP126190], US [​US00517218 (1643997)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
• Type locality: Guatemala. Dept. Quezaltenango: Volcán Zunil, 2,400 meters, in heavy forest.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast (Chiapas) [var. multiflora]. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

• Taylor (2016) regards var. multiflora, whose type was collected from Chiapas, as conspecific with H. steyermarkii Standl..

References

Primary references

• Standley, P.C. 1937. Studies of American plants – VIII. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 17(3): 227–284. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Burger, W.C. & Taylor, C.M. 2012. Hoffmannia macrosiphon. Pp. 252 in Lorence, D.H. & Taylor, C.M., 207. Rubiaceae. In Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 2: Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-1-935641-08-7. Online Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M. 2016. "Hoffmannia macrosiphon". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 24 December 2022.

Links

• IUCN: Hoffmannia macrosiphon Standl. (Endangered) - Assessed by A.C.D. Fuentes, E. Martínez Salas & M.-S. Samain on 4 September 2020 and published in 2021.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Hoffmannia macrosiphon. Accessed: 2022 December 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hoffmannia macrosiphon 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hoffmannia macrosiphon. Published online. Accessed: 5 December 2022.