Ixora euosmia

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: Ixoreae
Genus: Ixora
Species: Ixora euosmia

Name

Ixora euosmia K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 355 (1903)

• Typus:
  • Lectotype: G.A. Zenker 1108 (in flower; 2 October 1896; K [designated by De Block 1998; cf. K000411819^(JSTOR), with a determination slip left by De Block in June 1995]; Isolectotypes: BM [​BM000517271^(JSTOR)], BR [​BR0000009788275], E {E00279368^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, E00279369^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, HBG [​HBG521535^(JSTOR)], KFTA {0000964^(JSTOR), 0000965^(JSTOR)}, L.2919043^(JSTOR), LE 00017477^(JSTOR), M-0106279^(JSTOR), MO-2049796 (3949020)^(GBIF), P {P00553423^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, P00553424^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, S [​S05-9469^(JSTOR)], W 1897-0004704, WAG [​WAG0003894^(JSTOR)], WU {0033097^(JSTOR), 0033098^(JSTOR)}, Z {Z-000021785, Z-00021786}; Possible [isolecto]type: NY {NY00131974^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, NY00131975^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
  • Syntypes: G.A. Zenker 1336 (in flower and fruit, 15 March 1897; BM, K, LE 00017476^(JSTOR), P, WU 0033096^(JSTOR), Z).
  • Possible type without number: DR 052703.
• Type locality: Kamerun [= CAMEROON]. Bipinde, am Lokundje-Ufer im Urwald [= Bipindi, bank of Lokundje River, in the primeval forest].

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Ixora degemensis Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 86, in clavi., 87 (1931); reduced to I. euosmia by De Block (1998)
    • Typus:
      • Lectotype: P.A. Talbot 3767 (BM [designated by De Block 1998]; Isolectotypes: K [cf. K000411827^(JSTOR), without type indication], Z)
      • Syntype: Talbot 3773 (K).
    • Type locality: S. NIGERIA. Degema.
  • Ixora sp. near to I. inundata Hiern and I. euosmia sensu Keay in Hepper & Keay, Fl. W. Trop. Africa, ed. 2, 2:144 (1963)
    • Note: vide De Block (1998).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Nigeria West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schumann, K. 1903. Rubiaceae africanae. In: Engler, A., Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika. XXIV. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33(2): 333–374. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations. Reference page.  [see this entry.]
• Sennikov, A.N. 1996. [The type specimens of the family Rubiaceae kept in the herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg). Subfamily Ixoroideae]. (in Russian) Botanicheskii Zhurnal 81(9): 37–49. PDF. Reference page.  [see page 41.]
• De Block, P. 1998. The African Species of Ixora (Rubiaceae-Pavetteae). Opera Botanica Belgica 9: 1–218. ISBN 9789072619372 Google Books. Reference page.  [see page 98.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora euosmia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora euosmia. Published online. Accessed: 20 November 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ixora euosmia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 November 2022.