Mussaenda keenanii

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: Mussaendeae
Genus: Mussaenda
Species: Mussaenda keenanii

Name

Mussaenda keenanii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3(7): 87 (1880); as 'D. Keenani'

• Type: R.L. Keenan s.n. (holotype: K000032010^(JSTOR), comm. June 1874, determined by D.M.A. Jayaweera in 1960–1961; 'Unknown type material': K000032009^(JSTOR) [collected on 20 or 21 June 1873]).
• Type locality: [India. Assam:] Cachar[Kachar], on the margins of flats, &c.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Jayaweera, D.M.A. 1963. The Rubiaceous genus Mussaenda: the species of India and Ceylon. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 44(2): 232–267. BHL Reference page.  [see page 256.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda keenanii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda keenanii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda keenanii. Published online. Accessed: 2 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda keenanii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 April 2022.