Ixora jucunda

Ixora jucunda

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 jucunda

Name

Ixora jucunda Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 155 (1859)

• Typus: "C.P. 702 (1715, 2455, 2573)" (K {cf. K000031368^(JSTOR) ['902'], K000031369^(JSTOR) ['2573']}; Iso-: BR {BR0000005316861^(JSTOR), BR0000005429042^(JSTOR)} ['C.P.702'], FR-0031478^(JSTOR), GH 00096728^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} ['CP 702'], LE 00017481^(JSTOR), MPU [​MPU021986^(JSTOR), '702'], US [​US00138583 (597291)^(JSTOR), '702/3424']).
• Type locality: [Sri Lanka.]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thwaites, G.H.K. 1858–1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae: an enumeration of Ceylon plants, with descriptions of the new and little-known genera and species, observations on their habitats, uses, native names, etc. VIII+483 pp. Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.]

Links

• IUCN: Ixora jucunda Thwaites (Vulnerable) - Assessed by World Conservation Monitoring Center in 1998.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora jucunda in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora jucunda. Published online. Accessed: 1 November 2022.