Mussaenda arcuata

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Landia astrographa Comm. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 372 (1830), pro syn. sub Mussaenda arcuata
  • Landia stelligera Comm. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 372 (1830), pro syn. sub Mussaenda arcuata
  • Mussaenda arcuata var. parviflora S.Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 301 (1906); not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Type: J. Gossweiler 1235 ([9 August 1903]; BM000902914^(JSTOR); isotype: K000412561^(JSTOR) [ex COI]).
    • Type locality: [Angola.] In wet situations along the flat banks of the Quizanga near Malange.
  • Mussaenda abyssinica Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Roma) 9: 67 (1911); not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Type: E. Chiovenda 705 (4 July 1909; holotype: FT003382^(JSTOR)).
    • Type locality: [Ethiopia.] Tzellemti: Mai Taclit lungo il torrente.
  • Mussaenda arcuata var. pubescens Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 274 (1913); not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Type:
      • J. Gossweiler 4247 ([1907]; syntype: BM000902913^(JSTOR); isosyntype: BR0000008848406; cf. COI00072246^(JSTOR), without type indication).
      • G.A. Schweinfurth 2891 ([30 January 1870]; syntype: K; isosyntypes: M {M0198428, M0198429}) et Schweinfurth 1742 (syntype).
      • Goetze 208 (syntype: K).
      • T. Kassner 2585 ([13 March 1908]; syntype: BM; isosyntypes: BR0000008848390^(JSTOR), HBG521437) et T. Kassner 2608 ([13 March 1908]; syntype: BM; isosyntype: HBG521436).
    • Type locality:
      • Gossweiler: Angola. High plateau.
      • Schweinfurth: Central Africa[South Sudan?]. Bongo-land.
      • Goetze: East Africa[Tanzania]. Uluguru, 3250 ft.
      • Kassner: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Kundelungu.
  • Mussaenda laurifolia A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 314 (1920), nom. nud.; not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Original materials: A. Chevalier 18582 (25 September 1907) et A. Chevalier 18847 (September - October 1907).
    • Locality: Guinée française. Fouta-Djalon,
      • 18582: entre Dalaba et Diaguissa, 1100 à 1250 mètres d’altitude.
      • 18847: plateau de Dalaba-Diaguissa, 1000 à 1300 mètres d’altitude.

Misapplied names

• Mussaenda polita auct. non Hiern: T.Durand & De Wild., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 118 (1898); De Wild., Pl. Laur.: 54 (1903); T.Durand & H.Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol.: 249 (1909); De Wild., Contr. Fl. Kat.: 208 (1921)
  • Note: vide Petit (1955: 157).

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. (ed.) 1797–1798. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 4. 764 pp. H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional 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. 
• 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. 
• Chiovenda, E. 1911. Plantae novae vel minus notae e regione aethiopica. Annali di Botanica. Roma 9(1): 51–85 (BHL), (2): 125–152 (BHL). 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. 
• Chevalier, A. 1920. Exploration botanique de l'Afrique occidentale française. Tome I: Énumération des plantes récoltées avec une carte botanique, agricole et forestière. XV+798 pp. Paul Lechevallier, Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Petit, E. 1955. Les Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) du Congo Belge. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 25(2): 149–167. DOI: 10.2307/3667062 Reference page.  [see pages 157–161.]
• Bridson, D. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Rubiaceae (Part 2). In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 415–747. ISBN 90-6191-337-3 Google Books [reprint 2019 by CRC Press]. Reference page.  [see pages 461–462.]
• Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda arcuata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda arcuata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda arcuata. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2022. Reference page.

• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda arcuata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2022.