Psydrax subcordatus

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: Vanguerieae
Genus: Psydrax
Species: Psydrax subcordatus
Varietates: P. s. var. connatus – P. s. var. subcordatus

Name

Psydrax subcordatus (DC.) Bridson, Kew Bull. 40(4): 698 (1985)

• Typus: Leprieur & Perrottet s.n. ([May 1826]; P {P00546364^(JSTOR), P00546365^(JSTOR), P00546366^(JSTOR)}).
• Type locality: In sylvis humidis Africæ æquin. prope Albreda Gambiæ.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Canthium subcordatum DC., Prodr. 4: 473 (1830)
• Homotypic
  • Plectronia subcordata (DC.) K.Schum., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 386 (1895)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Sudan East Tropical Africa Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Bridson, D.M. 1985. The reinstatement of Psydrax (Rubiaceae, subfam. Cinchonoideae tribe Vanguerieae) and a revision of the African species. Kew Bulletin 40(4): 687–725. DOI: 10.2307/4109853 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Engler, A. (ed.) 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Theil C: Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. III+433+40 pp., 45 tt. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Psydrax subcordatus 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. Psydrax subcordatus 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. Psydrax subcordatus. Published online. Accessed: 2 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Psydrax subcordata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 April 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Psydrax subcordata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2 April 2022.