Knoxia roxburghii

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Knoxieae
Genus: Knoxia
Species: Knoxia roxburghii

Name

Knoxia roxburghii (Spreng.) M.A.Rau, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10(Suppl. 2): 40. (1969)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Spermacoce roxburghii Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 404 (1824)
• Homotypic
  • Knoxia laevis DC. in Prodr. 4: 570 (1830), nom. superfl.
  • Spermacoce laevis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 374 (1820), nom. illeg.
  • Spermacoce roxburghiana Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3: 199 (1827), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Dentillaria brachycarpa (R.Br. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 280 (1891)
  • Hedyotis glauca W.W.Sm. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 344 (1911)
  • Knoxia brachycarpa R.Br. ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 3: 130 (1880)
  • Knoxia brachycarpa var. congesta Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 289 (1924)
  • Knoxia microcarpa Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 138 (1877)
  • Knoxia roxburghii var. brunonis (Wall. ex G.Don) R.Bhattacharjee & Deb in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 6(1): 85 (1985)
  • Knoxia roxburghii subsp. brunonis (Wall. ex G.Don) R.Bhattacharjee & Deb in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 6: 85 (1985)
  • Knoxia roxburghii var. glauca (W.W.Sm.) R.Bhattacharjee & Deb in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 6: 85 (1985)
  • Knoxia valerianoides Thorel ex Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 288 (1923)
  • Knoxia wallichii L.Bruce ex Panigrahi in Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 21: 29 (1967)
  • Spermacoce brunonis Wall. ex G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 621 (1834)

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Knoxia roxburghii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July 5. Reference page.