Nerophila

Nerophila gentianoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Nerophila
Species: N. clandestina – N. congolensis – N. decandra – N. gentianoides – N. pauciflora – N. praviantha – N. senegambiensis – N. togoensis

Name

Nerophila Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14: 119. (1850) emend. Veranso‐Libalah, Stone & Kadereit, (2020)

• Type species: Nerophila gentianoides Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14: 120. (1850)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rhodosepala Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 475 (1887)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Naudin, C. 1850. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 13: 25–39, 126–159, 273–303, 347–362, 14: 53–76, 118–165. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page. : série 3, 14: 119.

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Veranso‐Libalah, M.C., Stone, R.D. & Kadereit, G. 2020. Towards a complete phylogeny of African Melastomateae: Systematics of Dissotis and allies (Melastomataceae). Taxon 69(5): 946–991. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12317 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Nerophila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Nerophila. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Nerophila. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 7 2021.

Vernacular names

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