Mussaenda chippii

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: Mussaendeae
Genus: Mussaenda
Species: Mussaenda chippii

Name

Mussaenda chippii Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 237 (1913); as 'M. Chippii'

  • Typus: T.F. Chipp 323 (holotypus: K [cf. K000042812(JSTOR), collected on 26 August 1912, without type indication apart from a determination slip left by H.F. Wernham on 13 June 1913]).
  • Type locality: Gold Coast[Ghana]. Amokokrom, W. Apollonia, in tall evergreen forest.

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Mussaenda buntingii Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 237 (1913); as 'M. Buntingii'; not accepted by Irvine (1961: 689) [cited as Mussaenda chippii]
      • Typus: R.H. Bunting 144 (syntypus: BM [BM000902918(JSTOR)]) et Whyte (syntypus).
      • Type locality: Liberia.
        • Bunting: Gola, Begwai, in farm-scrub.
        • Whyte: Kakatown.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Congo

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Irvine, F.R. 1961. Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses. London: Oxford University Press. Google Books Reference page. 
  • Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page.  [see this entry.]

Vernacular names

ak: Damaram [Asante] (Irvine 1961)
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