Pseudomussaenda monteiroi

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: Pseudomussaenda
Species: Pseudomussaenda monteiroi

Name

Pseudomussaenda monteiroi (Wernham) Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Mussaenda monteiroi Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 240 (1913); as 'M. Monteiroi'
    • Syntypes:
      • Monteiro s.n. (BM ['holotype' fide Troupin & Petit 1953: 229], K [cf. K000412585^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, under number '6173']);
      • J. Gossweiler 4273 ([March 1907]; BM [​BM000902870^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotype: COI [​COI00067723^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
      • Note: Gossweiler 563, one of the syntypes in the original publication, later served as that of Pseudomussaenda gossweileri Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916).
    • Type locality:
      • Monteiro: [THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. District of Bas-Congo:] Boma.
        • Note: Wernham indicated the broader regional unit erroneously as Angola.
      • Gossweiler 4273: ANGOLA. Anha-Benguella.
• Heterotypic
  • Pseudomussaenda gossweileri Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916); synonymized with P. monteiroi by Figueiredo (2008)
    • Syntypes:
      • J. Gossweiler 563 (BM, K [​K000412586^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected in 1905], P [​P00539373^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected in 1903]).
        • Note: this syntype formerly served as that of Mussaenda monteiroi.
      • J. Gossweiler 6357 (October 1914; BM [​BM000902871^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], COI [​COI00067722^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LISC [​LISC001018^(JSTOR)], LISU, LUA).
    • Type locality: Angola. [Cuanza Norte:] Cazengo, Rio Catoco, Granja S. Luiz, n'Dalatando.

Misapplied names

• Mussaenda luteola auct. non Delile [vide Pseudomussaenda flava Verdc.]: T.Durand & Schinz, Études Fl. Congo (in Mém. Cour. Acad. Roy. Belg.) 53(4): 156 (1896); T.Durand & De Wild., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 118 (1898); S.Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 301 (1906), quoad Gossweiler 563; T.Durand & H.Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol.: 249 (1909); De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 3: 283 (1910)
  • Note: vide Troupin & Petit (1953).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Wernham, H.F. 1916. Pseudomussænda: a new genus of Rubiaceæ. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 54: 297–301. BHL. 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 582]
• Moore, S. le M. 1906. A Second Contribution to the Flora of Africa—Rubiacæ and Compositæ II. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 37(260): 298–329. BHL Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. & Petit, E. 1953. Pseudomussaenda Wernham au Congo Belge (Rubiaceae). Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 23: 227–232. DOI: 10.2307/3666931 Reference page. 
• Wernham, H.F. 1913. The Mussændas of the African Continent. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 51: 233–240 (BHL), 274–278 (BHL). Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pseudomussaenda monteiroi. Accessed: 2024 March 11.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pseudomussaenda gossweileri. Accessed: 2024 March 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Pseudomussaenda monteiroi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pseudomussaenda monteiroi. Published online. Accessed: 18 March 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pseudomussaenda monteiroi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 March 2022. Reference page.