Ixora finlaysoniana

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Ixoreae
Genus: Ixora
Species: Ixora finlaysoniana

Name[edit]

Ixora finlaysoniana Wall. [Numer. List: n. 6166 (1832), nom. nud.] ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 572 (1834), as 'I. Finlaysoniana'

Typus: Finlayson s.n. (Holotypus: K [K001123205^(JSTOR)]; Isotypus: LE 00017478^(JSTOR)).
Type locality: "East Indies"[Thailand. Bangkok, undoubtedly from a cultivated plant (vide Chamchumroon 2006)].

Synonyms[edit]

Heterotypic
- Ixora merguensis var. parvifolia F.N.Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., sér. 2, 7: 954 (1905); not accepted by Chamchumroon (2006) [cited as Ixora finlaysoniana]
  - Typus: C.R. Zimmermann 28 (Holotypus: K [K000763245^(JSTOR)]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: M-0187746^(JSTOR), US [US10786500 (595028)]).
  - Type locality: Siam[Thailand]. Bangkok.
- Ixora denticulata Pierre ex Pit., Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 312 (1924), pro syn.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong)
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
- Regional: Malesia
  - Philippines

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Notes[edit]

General distribution range given by Chamchumroon (2006) is as follows: India, Indo-China (including Thailand). He remarks this species is used as an ornamental flowering shrub so frequently that the range may not be natural range.

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Don, G. 1834. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. III. — Calyciiflorae. VIII+867 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page.
Williams, F.N. 1904–1905. Liste des plantes connues du Siam. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, 2^me série, 4: 217–232 (BHL), 361–372 (BHL), 1027–1034 (BHL); 5: 17–32 (BHL), 216–227 (BHL), 428–439 (BHL), 949–968 (BHL). Reference page.
Pitard, J. 1922–1933. Rubiacées. Pp. 20–442. In: Lecomte, H., Humbert, H. & Gagnepain, F. (eds.), Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. Tome troisième: Caprifoliacées à Apocynacées. Paris: Masson et C^ie. BHL Reference page.
Corner, E.J.H. & Watanabe, K. 1969. Illustrated Guide to Tropical Plants. Tokyo: Hirokawa Publishing Co. Reference page. [see page 696.]
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.]
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 13.]
Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Ixora finlaysoniana. Pp. 177, 179 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDF Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora finlaysoniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora finlaysoniana. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Ixora finlaysoniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2022.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Siamese White Ixora
日本語: シロデマリ (Corner & Watanabe 1969)
ไทย: เข็มพวงขาว (Chamchumroon 2006)
中文: 薄叶龙船花

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