Melanopsidium

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: Cordiereae
Genus: Melanopsidium
Species: M. nigrum

Name

Melanopsidium Colla, Hortus Ripul. 88. (1824)

• monotypic taxon

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Viviania Colla, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 25. (1826), nom. superfl. non Viviania Cav. Anales Ci. Nat. 7: 211. (1804) (Francoaceae)
  • Billiottia DC., Prodr. 4: 618. (1830), nom. superfl. hom. Billotia R.Br. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 827. (1832) vide Agonis (DC.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. , ed. 2. 209. 1830, nom. cons.
• Heterotypic
  • Rhyssocarpus Endl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 459. (1843) non Rhyssocarpus Schoenherr, (1840) (Curculionidae)
  • Pleurocarpus Klotzsch, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 4. (1859), nom. illeg.

Homonyms

• • Melanopsidium F.Cels, in hort., unpubl.
  • Melanopsidium Poit. ex A. Rich., Prodr. 4: 443. (1830) nom. inval. in syn.
  • Melanopsidium F.Cels ex DC., Prodr. 4: 618. (1830) nom. nud.
    

Circumscription sensu Persson & Delprete (2017).

References

• Colla, L. 1824. Hortus Ripulensis 88.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Melanopsidium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Melanopsidium. Published online. Accessed Mar. 24 2019.
• Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Melanopsidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 24 Mar. 2019.