Tarenna flava

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Tarenna flava Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 150 (1931)

Lectotype: G. Gardner 337 (K [K000031409^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Nair et al. 2022: 252]; Isolectotype: BR [BR0000005327157^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, dated 1847]).
Type locality: Ceylon [= SRI LANKA]. Nuvara Eliya. [6000 ft.]

(List may be incomplete)

Webera cerifera Moon, Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 19 (1824), nom. nud.
Heterotypic
- Stylocoryna webera A.Rich. var. montana Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 158 (1859)
  - Type: G.H.K. Thwaites 158 (C.P. 1649) (Lectotype: K [K000031410^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Nair et al. 2022: 252]; Isolectotypes: BM [BM014118049^(GBIF), dated 1854], BR {BR0000005327485^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000005523740^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, CAL [CAL0000016725 (204661), 'LECTOTYPE'], FR-0031962^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K [K000031411^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LE 00017508^(JSTOR), MH [MH00123431 (61058)], P {P02273269^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, P03804014^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, P03804015^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}; Possible isolectotype: CAL [CAL0000016726 (204660), 'type', but lacking collector's name]).
  - Type locality: Ceylon [= SRI LANKA]. In more elevated localities than var. α [= S. webera = Tarenna asiatica (L.) Kuntze ex K.Schum.].

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Trimen, H. 1931. A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses. Part VI. Supplement by Alston, A.H.G. . Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page.

Moon, A. 1824. A catalogue of the indigenous and exotic plants growing in Ceylon, distinguishing the several esculent vegetables, fruits, roots and grains; together with a sketch of the divisions of genera and species in use amongst the Singhalese. Also an outline of the Linnaean sexual system of botany; in the English and Singhalese languages. 3+9+77+41+4+4+22+6+4 pp. Wesleyan Mission Press, Colombo. Internet Archive Reference page.
Thwaites, G.H.K. 1858–1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae: an enumeration of Ceylon plants, with descriptions of the new and little-known genera and species, observations on their habitats, uses, native names, etc. VIII+483 pp. Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page.
Nair, M.Y., Kumar, K.M.P., Pillai, S.T. & Chhabra, T. 2022. Revisiting the taxonomy of Tarenna flava Alston (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae). Phytotaxa 574(3): 251–258. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.3.4 . Reference page. [vide zenodo for typification snippet]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tarenna flava. Accessed: 2023 December 11.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Tarenna flava in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Tarenna flava. Published online. Accessed: 11 December 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Tarenna flava. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 December 2023.
'DICOT TYPE'. Accessed: 12 December 2023.

සිංහල: ලාකඩතරන (Moon 1824)