Ruehssia clausa

Ruehssia clausa

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: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Marsdenieae
Genus: Ruehssia
Species: Ruehssia clausa

Name

Ruehssia clausa (R.Br.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve, Willdenowia 50(1): 31. (2020)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Marsdenia clausa R.Br., Asclepiadaceae: 19. 1810; and in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 30. (1811)
• Homotypic
  • Pergularia clausa (R.Br.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 844 (1824)
• Heterotypic
  • Apocynum scandens Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 5 (1768)
  • Apocynum agglomeratum Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 407 (1811)
  • Apocynum salicifolium Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 796 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Apocynum maculatum Descourt., Fl. Méd. Antilles 3: 177 (1827)
  • Echites maculatus (Descourt.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 474 (1844)
  • Marsdenia affinis A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 100 (1850)
  • Marsdenia agglomerata (Poir.) A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 100 (1850)
  • Marsdenia obovata Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(2): 321 (1852)
  • Marsdenia campanulata Griseb., Pl. Wright. 2: 521 (1862)
  • Marsdenia campanulata var. bifida Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 178 (1866)
  • Marsdenia clausa var. bifida (Griseb.) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 275 (1894)
  • Marsdenia clausa var. campanulata (Griseb.) M.Gómez, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 32: 275 (1895)
    

Note: For an excellent explanation of the synonymy see Ruess et al. (2020).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti ?Jamaica) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reuss, S.J., Meve, U., Mangelsdorff, R.D. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2020. Transfer of Cuban Marsdenia to Ruehssia (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae), and two new species in Ruehssia. Willdenowia 50(1): 29–37. DOI: 10.3372/wi.50.50104 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruehssia clausa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 11 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Marsdenia clausa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 24. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: Curamaguey blanco