Mussaenda rivularis

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 rivularis
Varietates: M. r. var. redheadii – M. r. var. rivularis

Name

Mussaenda rivularis Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 452 (1898)

• Typus: F. Welwitsch 1118 (in flower and fruit almost during 7 months, December 1859, January and 5 April 1860; BM [​BM000902922^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LISU [LISU208547^(JSTOR)], PRE {PRE0594686-1^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, PRE0594686-2^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}; Isotypus: M-0106423 / 27743 / 18784^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
• Type locality: [Angola.] Huilla[Huíla], in dense forests by cataracts near Lopollo, in company with Epilobium hirsutum L., Osmunda regalis L., and species of Rumex, Blyxa, Eriocaulon, etc.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre. South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hiern, W.P. 1898. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part II. Combretaceæ to Rubiaceæ. Pp. 337–510 BHL; Dicotyledons, Part III. Dipsaceæ to Scrophulariaceæ. Pp. 511–784 BHL. London. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. 2008. The Rubiaceae of Angola. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 537–638. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00750.x Reference page.  [see page 569.]

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda rivularis. Published online. Accessed: 13 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda rivularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 April 2022.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mussaenda rivularis. Accessed: 2023 March 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mussaenda rivularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 14. Reference page.