Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Kadua
Subgenus: K. subg. Kadua
Sectio: K. sect. Wiegmannia
Species: Kadua degeneri
Subspecies: Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia

Name

Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia (Fosberg) W.L.Wagner & Lorence, Syst. Bot. 30: 833 (2005)

• Typus: C.N. Forbes 1774.O (1912; holotypus: BISH-BISH1015610; isotypi: BISH(-BISH1015611, -BISH1015612, -BISH1015613), K-K000760479, MO(-716967, -mirror), US-US00427384-2064276).
• Type locality: [United States of America. Hawaiian Islands:] Oahu, Waianae Mountains: Mokuleia, slopes of Kaala.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hedyotis degeneri var. coprosmifolia Fosberg, Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 174: 56 (1943); as Hedyotis Degeneri var. coprosmifolia; not accepted by Govaerts (2003) [cited as Wiegmannia degeneri]
• Misapplied names
  • Kadua foliosa β var.? Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 164 (1888)
    • Type locality: Oahu, Waianae Mts.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii Hawaiian Is. (possibly extinct, last recorded in the 1980s) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fosberg, F.R. 1942. The Polynesian species of Hedyotis (Rubiaceae). Bernince P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 174: 1–102. Google Books Google Books (another version) Reference page. 
• Terrell, E.E., Robinson, H.E., Wagner, W.L. & Lorence, D.H. 2005. Resurrection of Genus Kadua for Hawaiian Hedyotidinae (Rubiaceae), with Emphasis on Seed and Fruit Characters and Notes on South Pacific Species. Systematic Botany 30(4): 818–833. DOI: 10.1600/036364405775097716 PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hillebrand, W. (†). 1888. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams. London: Williams & Norgate; New York: B. Westermann & Co.; Heidelberg: Carl Winter. BHL Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia. Published online. Accessed: 29 October 2021.
• IUCN: Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia (Fosberg) W.L.Wagner & Lorence (Critically Endangered)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 October 2021.