Ixora merguensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Ixora merguensis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3(7): 140 (–141) (1880)

Typus: W. Griffith 3003 (in flower; Holotypus: K {K000031376^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K000031377^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}; cf. P {P03843172^(GBIF), P03843173^(GBIF)} [both without type indication]).
Type locality: [Myanmar.] Mergui [= Myeik].

Heterotypic
- Ixora merguensis var. curtisii King & Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73(3): 73 (1905 publ. 1904); not accepted by Craib (1934) [cited as I. merguensis]
  - Typus: Curtis 2961 (K).
    - Note: CAL allegedly holds another specimen with the same number, but King & Gamble have determined it with I. merguensis.
  - Type locality: [Thailand.] Pungah [= Phangnga].

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1880–1882. The Flora of British India Vol. 3. Caprifoliaceae to Apocynaceae. 712 pp. London: L. Reeve. BHL Reference page.

King, G. & Gamble, J.S. 1905[1904]. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. No. 15. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 73(3): 47–135. BHL Reference page.
Craib, W.G. (†) 1934. Florae Siamensis Enumeratio. Vol. 2 (Caprifoliaceae to Apocynaceae), Part 2. Pp. 147–234. Google Books. Reference page. [see page 161]
Chamchumroon, V. 2006. A checklist of the genus Ixora L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 34: 4–24. PDF Reference page. [see page 19]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ixora merguensis. Accessed: 2023 December 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ixora merguensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Ixora merguensis. Published online. Accessed: 7 December 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Ixora merguensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 ⧼Dcember⧽ 2023.

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