Mussaenda nannanii

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 nannanii

Name

Mussaenda nannanii Wernham, J. Bot. 56: 309 (1918); as 'Mussenda Nannanii'

• Type: A. Nannan 54 (26 August 1914; 'HoLoTyPE': BR [​BR0000008848314^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: BR [​BR0000008848307^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; 'Types': BM [​BM000903021^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], S [​S15-6255^(GBIF)]).
• Type locality: Belgian Congo [= The Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Near R. Ikilemba (Equator). "Se rencontre au borde rivière."

Misapplied names

• Mussaenda tenuiflora auct. non Benth.: T.Durand & De Wild., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 118 (1898), pro parte; De Wild. & T.Durand, Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 3, 1(2): 110 (1910); De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 7(3–4): 279 (1921)
  • Note: vide Petit (1955: 165).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wernham, H.F. 1918. New Rubiaceæ from the Belgian Congo. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 56: 308–314. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Petit, E. 1955. Les Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) du Congo Belge. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 25(2): 149–167. DOI: 10.2307/3667062 Reference page. 
• De Wildeman, É. & Durand, T. 1901. Reliquiae Dewevreanae ou énumeration systématique des plantes récoltées par Alfr. Dewèvre en 1895–96 dans l'État Indépendant du Congo. Annales du Musée du Congo (Belge). Botanique, série 2, 1(1): 1–80 (Biblioteca Digital); (2): 81–. série 3, 1(1): 1–80. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. 
• De Wildeman, É. 1921. Additions a la Flore du Congo. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 7(3–4): 271–316. DOI: 10.2307/3666534 . Reference page. 
• Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad méridional. 289 pp. Institut d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. Reference page. 
• Sosef, M.S.M., Wieringa, J.J., Jongkind, C.C.H., Achoundong, G., Azizet Issembé, Y., Bedigian, D., van den Berg, R.G., Breteler, F.J., Cheek, M., Degreef, J., Faden, R.B., Goldblatt, P., van der Maesen, L.J.G., Ngok Banak, L., Niangadouma, R., Nzabi, T., Nziengui, B., Rogers, Z.S., Stévart, T., van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H., Walters, G., & de Wilde, J.J.F.E. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1–438. ISBN 90-72619-69-2 PDF (title & pp. 400–401). Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda nannanii. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda nannanii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2022.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mussaenda nannanii. Accessed: 2024 January 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Mussaenda nannanii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 22. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

lingála: Nsele (Petit 1955)

• Mongo: Bompala Mpambo [Nkundo dialect] (Petit 1955)